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The following is a statement by the PIC: on March 6, 2022 I was the assigned med-flight duty pilot for the privacy data omitted at the Abingdon aviation base. My duty day started at 0800 hours. Throughout the day I completed 4 medevac requests. At approximately 2200 I received a request for an emergency room transfer from lonesome pine hospital to holston valley hospital. I accepted the request and responded. The flight from my base to privacy data omitted hospital and on to privacy data omitted medical center was nonnal in all respects. Whik preparing for departure from privacy data omitted I started the helicopter and proceeded to lift from the helipad. As I slowly pulled up on the collective the helicopter became light on the skids and I noticed what sounded like a surge in the engines. 1 also noticed the fu needles surged upward. I immediately asked paramedic privacy data omitted, who was in the front seat, "did you hear that?" L do not reca! I that paramedic privacy data omitted responded to my question. I then stabilized the helicopter in a hover and made an assessment of the aircraft systems. As everything appeared to be in the normal range with not further abnonnalities 1 made a decision to continue the flight back to base and further evaluate the situation from there. The flight back to base was nonnal. Upon arrival at base I hover taxied the helicopter to abeam the landing dolly to get into position to land. 1 then maneuvered the helicopter in a sideward flight to the right to get centered over the dolly. I visually verified my position over the dolly by looking over my right shoulder and verifying that the reflective tape was visible letting me know that I was centered f<.)rc and ati on the dolly. Further I looked through the chin bubble and veri tied that the left front tractor tire was aligned between the anti-torque pedals. Once I was centered on the dolly I lowered the collective to land. Next I felt the rear of the skids make contact with the dolly. The next thing I remember was what sounded like an engine surge similar to the sound thehelicopter had made at the privacy data omittedpad. Then I remember the helicopter moving towards the corporate hangars next to our ramp. I also remember the helicopter becoming in an extreme nose low position and quickly heading tc)\vard the ground. As I foared contact with the ground 1 maneuvered the cyclic full aft and lefi in an attempt to arrest my descent into the ground. I then felt the helicopter make
Contact with the ground and I felt the tail of the helicopter coming up. As l feared that we were about to tip over I forcefully 􀈁lammed the collective to the floor of the aircraft. The helicopter then came to rest on the pavement with the engines still running and the blades still turning. I instructed my crew to not exit the aircraft until I could secure the engines and get the blades stopped. Once it was safe we exited the aircratt and assessed each other for injuries. After we were safely away from the ain.:rati I
Immediately contacted my supcr\'isor, first sergeant privacy data omitted, and made notification of the incident
As the FAA filed it
THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY THE PIC: ON MARCH 6, 2022 I WAS THE ASSIGNED MED-FLIGHT DUTY PILOT FOR THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THE ABINGDON AVIATION BASE. MY DUTY DAY STARTED AT 0800 HOURS. THROUGHOUT THE DAY I COMPLETED 4 MEDEVAC REQUESTS. AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 I RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR AN EMERGENCY ROOM TRANSFER FROM LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL TO HOLSTON VALLEY HOSPITAL. I ACCEPTED THE REQUEST AND RESPONDED. THE FLIGHT FROM MY BASE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOSPITAL AND ON TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MEDICAL CENTER WAS NONNAL IN ALL RESPECTS. WHIK PREPARING FOR DEPARTURE FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ I STARTED THE HELICOPTER AND PROCEEDED TO LIFT FROM THE HELIPAD. AS I SLOWLY PULLED UP ON THE COLLECTIVE THE HELICOPTER BECAME LIGHT ON THE SKIDS AND I NOTICED WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A SURGE IN THE ENGINES. 1 ALSO NOTICED THE FU NEEDLES SURGED UPWARD. I IMMEDIATELY ASKED PARAMEDIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT, "DID YOU HEAR THAT?" L DO NOT RECA! I THAT PARAMEDIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED TO MY QUESTION. I THEN STABILIZED THE HELICOPTER IN A HOVER AND MADE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS. AS EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE IN THE NORMAL RANGE WITH NOT FURTHER ABNONNALITIES 1 MADE A DECISION TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT BACK TO BASE AND FURTHER EVALUATE THE SITUATION FROM THERE. THE FLIGHT BACK TO BASE WAS NONNAL. UPON ARRIVAL AT BASE I HOVER TAXIED THE HELICOPTER TO ABEAM THE LANDING DOLLY TO GET INTO POSITION TO LAND. 1 THEN MANEUVERED THE HELICOPTER IN A SIDEWARD FLIGHT TO THE RIGHT TO GET CENTERED OVER THE DOLLY. I VISUALLY VERIFIED MY POSITION OVER THE DOLLY BY LOOKING OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER AND VERIFYING THAT THE REFLECTIVE TAPE WAS VISIBLE LETTING ME KNOW THAT I WAS CENTERED F<.)RC AND ATI ON THE DOLLY. FURTHER I LOOKED THROUGH THE CHIN BUBBLE AND VERI TIED THAT THE LEFT FRONT TRACTOR TIRE WAS ALIGNED BETWEEN THE ANTI-TORQUE PEDALS. ONCE I WAS CENTERED ON THE DOLLY I LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE TO LAND. NEXT I FELT THE REAR OF THE SKIDS MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DOLLY. THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER WAS WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN ENGINE SURGE SIMILAR TO THE SOUND THEHELICOPTER HAD MADE AT THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PAD. THEN I REMEMBER THE HELICOPTER MOVING TOWARDS THE CORPORATE HANGARS NEXT TO OUR RAMP. I ALSO REMEMBER THE HELICOPTER BECOMING IN AN EXTREME NOSE LOW POSITION AND QUICKLY HEADING TC)\VARD THE GROUND. AS I FOARED CONTACT WITH THE GROUND 1 MANEUVERED THE CYCLIC FULL AFT AND LEFI IN AN ATTEMPT TO ARREST MY DESCENT INTO THE GROUND. I THEN FELT THE HELICOPTER MAKE
CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND I FELT THE TAIL OF THE HELICOPTER COMING UP. AS L FEARED THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO TIP OVER I FORCEFULLY 􀈁LAMMED THE COLLECTIVE TO THE FLOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE HELICOPTER THEN CAME TO REST ON THE PAVEMENT WITH THE ENGINES STILL RUNNING AND THE BLADES STILL TURNING. I INSTRUCTED MY CREW TO NOT EXIT THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL I COULD SECURE THE ENGINES AND GET THE BLADES STOPPED. ONCE IT WAS SAFE WE EXITED THE AIRCRATT AND ASSESSED EACH OTHER FOR INJURIES. AFTER WE WERE SAFELY AWAY FROM THE AIN.:RATI I
IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED MY SUPCR\'ISOR, FIRST SERGEANT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND MADE NOTIFICATION OF THE INCIDENT
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