Stanford Life Flight - Non-injury incident

Date: 01/24/2007  

Program: Stanford Life Flight
	300 Pasteur Drive
	Stanford, CA 94305

Type: BK117-C1
Tail #: N117SU
Operator/Vendor: Air Methods

Weather: Clear. Not a factor

Team: Pilot, Flight Nurse, Pediatric Speciality Team Members. No injuries reported. Patient on board. 

Description: 
	During cruise flight, twenty miles from destination, the master
	caution and HYD 2 segment light illuminated.  The gauge on the
	overhead panel indicated zero pressure.  No loss of control authority
	was experienced and the pilot elected to land at the nearest airport. 
	A call was made to the base hospital communications center to advise
	of the unscheduled landing and an ambulance was immediately
	dispatched to meet the aircraft at the aiport.  The medical crew took
	the patient by ground ambulance to the destination hospital without
	incident.

Additional Info: 
	The mechanic found an electrical connection common to both the
	pressure indicator and the low-pressure warning light to be the
	problem.  It was corrected and the aircraft was returned to service.

Source: Agripina Villegas, Operations Manager

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