FW: CareFlite - Non-injury incident

Approved: apgar

DATE
1-19-2006 17:20 Cen

PROGRAM
CareFlite

VENDOR
Own 135

ADDRESS
3110 South Great Southwest Pkwy

Grand Prairie, TX 75052

WEATHER
Clear & Windy

AIRCRAFT_TYPE
A109E

TAIL#
N142CF

TEAM
Pilot. No injuries reported. No patient.

DESCRIPTION
At approximately 5:20pm Jan. 19,2006, an Agusta 109 helicopter
operated by CareFlite had an incident at Fort Worth Meacham Field. As
the aircraft was taxiing, the rotor system and transmission separated
from the helicopter. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The pilot was the
only person on board, and he was not injured.

ADDITIONAL INFO
Serving the community since 1979, CareFlite is the second oldest air
medical program in Texas and the eighth oldest in the United States.
CareFlite, the only nonprofit and CAMTS accredited, full service
medical transportation provider in No rth Central Texas, provides
emergency medical helicopter transport to more than 100 counties
within a 150 mile radius of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and fixed
wing air ambulance service nationwide. Other CareFlite programs
include ground ambulance service, specialty care ground transport,
911 emergency services, continuing education programs, and a
community service bicycle team. CareFlite was chosen as Air Medical
Service of the Year at the November 2005 state EMS conference in
Austin. CareFlite is sponsored by Baylor Health Care System,
Methodist Health System, Texas Health Resources, JPS Health Network,
and Parkland Health and Hospital System. For more information, visit
www.CareFlite.org.





SOURCE
Raymond K. Dauphinais, VP Operations
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