Intermountain Life flight - Non-injury incident

Date: 1/03/2008 1911 M

Program: Intermountain Life flight
	250 North 2370 West
	Salt Lake City, UT 84116

Type: Agusta 109 K-2
Tail #: N901HC

Weather: Clear. Not a factor

Team: Pilot, Flight Nurse, Paramedic. No injuries reported. No patient. 

Description: 
	Rotor MVA scene with multiple patients.  The aircraft was shut down in
	the east-bound lane of a secondary state highway. Traffic was stopped
	in both directions, and the pilot was assisting the medical team. An
	ambulance departing the scene west-bound impacted the tip cap of one
	main rotor blade and damaged it. The ambulance driver stopped and
	located the pilot and informed him of the incident. The aircraft was
	inspected by company mechanics and the rotor blade was changed on site
	the same night.

Source: Rex Orgill, Director of Safety

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