Mayo Clinic Medical Transport - Mayo One - Non-injury incident

Date: 10/01/2007 2:30pm CST

Program: Mayo Clinic Medical Transport - Mayo One
	Mary Brigh 10 - Helipad
	1216 2nd St. SW
	Rochester, MN 55902

Type: BK 117 C1
Tail #: N317MC
Operator/Vendor: Omniflight Helicopters, Inc

Weather: 1200 foot ceiling, 4 mile visibility

Team: Pilot, 2 flight nurses and flight resident. No injuries reported. No patient. 

Description: 
	Mayo One had just departed from Rochester base on a flight request
	when at 800 feet AGL, pilot and flight resident observed a goose
	impact the aircraft between the wiper blades and wire strike fixture. 
	The 2 flight nurses felt and heard the impact in the medical cabin. 
	The aircraft was performing normally and no caution/advisory lights
	illuminated.  The team aborted the flight and returned to base for an
	inspection.  The flight request was assigned to the Mayo One Mankato
	base and completed without event.  

Additional Info: 
	Post-flight inspection revealed a baseball sized hole in the co-pilot
	greenhouse window and a damaged and inoperative outside air
	temperature gauge.  The aircraft was taken out of service until the
	window and OAT repair completed (approximately 24 hours)and large
	portion of the deceased goose removed from the wire strike cutter.
	The flight team was not injured , were wearing helmets and had eye
	protection in place at the time of the impact.  No debris entered the
	cockpit.

Source: Paul Drucker, RN - Director of Air Operations

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