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REGIONAL LIFEFLIGHT - Non-injury incident



DATE		1/31/02 1130 MST

PROGRAM		REGIONAL LIFEFLIGHT

VENDOR		Corporate Jets

ADDRESS
		Rapid City Regional Hospital
		353 Fairmont Blvd.
		Rapid City, SD 57701

WEATHER		Clear. Not a factor

AIRCRAFT_TYPE	Bell 222

TAIL#		Unknown

TEAM		Pilot, Nurse, Paramedic. No injuries reported. No 
		patient.  

DESCRIPTION	Crew was responding to a Mass Casualty drill in 
		the Mount Rushmore area.  Over the scene, one 
		engine failed.  As pilot was locating a safe 
		landing zone, the second engine failed.  A run-on 
		landing was executed.  There were no injuries 

ADDITIONAL INFO	The aircraft will need to be hoisted by crane to a 
		flat bed truck and driven to maintenance 

SOURCE		Janet Crawford, Prog. Dir., Regional LifeFlight

VIA		Roseanne Krantz, CONCERN

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The CONCERN network shares verified information to alert medical
transport programs when an accident / incident has occurred.
Please share the above information with your program staff. If
you have further questions, please contact the CONCERN Coordinator,
Roseann Krantz @ 1-800-75-SHOCK or rjkrantz@aol.com.