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AirLife Denver - Non-injury incident



DATE	
	10/04/2004 2200 Hours MDT

PROGRAM	
	AirLife Denver

VENDOR	
	International Jet Aviation

ADDRESS	
	501 East Hampden Ave.
	Englewood, Colorado 80113

WEATHER	
	Clear. Not a factor

AIRCRAFT_TYPE	
	Lear 25D

TAIL#	
	600GM

TEAM	
	Pilot/Co-Pilot, Two Flight Nurses, Family Member. No injuries
	reported. Patient on board. 

DESCRIPTION	
	While enroute Denver Centennial Airport from Rapid City, SD aircraft
	experienced right engine shut down at approx. 29,000 ft.  Pilots
	descended aircraft below 25,000 and attempted engine restart without
	sucess.  Aircraft continued in stable flight and executed a
	non-eventful landing at APA.  On inspection the right engine was
	found to have damage to the leading edge of the turbine rotor fan
	blades.  Preliminary cause - FOD.  Engine was removed and shipped to
	General Electric for final determination.

ADDITIONAL INFO	
	The Captain had just returned from a week at SimuFlight Training.

SOURCE	
	Michael Greene, Program Director

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.