Northwest MedStar - Non-injury incident

Date: July 30, 2007  PST

Program: Northwest MedStar
	6315 E. Rutter
	Spokane, WA  99211

Type: EC-135
Operator/Vendor: Metro Aviation, Inc.

Weather: Clear. Not a factor

Team: Pilot, flight nurse, flight respiratory therapist. No injuries reported. No patient. 

Description: 
	On July 30th, while taking off from the home base airport (Felts
	Field) enroute to a scene call, an EC-135 air medical helicopter had
	a near miss with another aircraft. Under tower control, a Cessna was
	cleared to land on the active runway at the same time the EC-135 was
	cleared to depart on a taxiway which parallels the runway in use
	followed by a turn over the parallel runway. The Cessna conducted an
	unannounced go-around instead of landing which put them on a
	collision path with the helicopter. Fortunately, the aircraft was
	spotted by a crew member and the helicopter pilot took evasive action
	to avoid a collision. There were no injuries.
	

Source: Eveline Saltmarsh, Director

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