Access Air Ambulance - Fatal accident

DATE	
	August 21 2004 unk PDT

PROGRAM	
	Access Air Ambulance

VENDOR	
	Access Air Ambulance

ADDRESS	
	1655 Thomas Gallagher Way
	Elko, NV. 89801

WEATHER	
	Clear

AIRCRAFT_TYPE	
	Bell 407

TAIL#	
	N2YN

INJURIES	
	Roger Morrison, 54, Pilot - fatal
	Todd Hellman, Paramedic - fatal
	Lisa Landers, RN - fatal
	Patient, fatal
	Passanger, fatal
	

DESCRIPTION	
	Aircraft departed Battle Mountain Hospital in Winnemucca, NV at 11:38
	PM Saturday, headed for Washoe Medical Center in Reno, NV. Contact
	with the aircraft was lost approximately 15 minutes into the flight.
	The aircraft was located by military rescue crews in a very remote
	area approximately 25 miles southeast of Winnemucca in steep terrain
	Sunday at approximately 11:00 AM Pacific Time.

SOURCE	
	Jim Hutchens, President, Access Air Ambulance

VIA	
	David Kearns, CONCERN Coordinator
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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,
David Kearns at 800 525 3712 or email: coordinator@concern-network.org.