Southwest Medevac - Injury accident

DATE	
	09/27/04 2343 MST

PROGRAM	
	Southwest Medevac

VENDOR	
	Own Part 135

ADDRESS	
	PO BOX 640
	Fairacres, NM  88033

WEATHER	
	Clear. Not a factor

AIRCRAFT_TYPE	
	Eurocopter AS 350 B3

TAIL#	
	N497AE

TEAM	
	Pilot only. Injuries. No patient. 

DESCRIPTION	
	On September 27, 2004 at approximately 2343 hours helicopter 497AE,
	call sign Southwest Med Evac-5, was involved in an accident on the
	Memorial Medical Center helipad in Las Cruces, NM.  This helicopter
	is based in Alamogordo, NM.  The pilot had off loaded the crew and
	patient following what was a routine inter-facility transfer.  The
	pilot was then to reposition the aircraft to the Las Cruces
	International Airport to refuel before returning to MMC to pick up
	the medical crew.  Shortly after the patient was presented in the
	emergency department hospital security was advised that there was an
	incident on the helipad.  Hospital security and a flight crew member
	returned to the helipad to find the helicopter lying on its right
	side.  The pilot had performed all shut down procedures prior to the
	arrival of security and flight crew.  The pilot notified Southwest
	Med Evac Comminications and a Post Accident/Incident Plan (PAIP) was
	initiated.  The pilot was able to egress the aircraft through the
	left side door and reported only minor injuries to his right
	shoulder.  He was then evaluated and released from the emergency
	department at MMC.  No other information is available at this time.

SOURCE	
	Randall Hopper, Director of Operations-Medical

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.