AeroCare Medical Transport - Non-injury incident

Date: 02/12/2008 1915 CST

Program: AeroCare Medical Transport
	Tulsa International Airport
	P.O. Box 150003
	Tulsa, OK 74115-0003

Type: Cessna 425 Conquest
Tail #: N67726
Operator/Vendor: Flight Concepts

Weather: Night time conditions. No precipitation.

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

Description: 
	After sunset, following the delivery of an ambulatory patient and
	family to a facility for a heart transplant, the pilot was taxiing
	slowly  for departure from St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS). Black
	ice was encountered and the aircraft skidded off the taxi-way at a
	very slow speed. The pilot was in the process of shutting down both
	engines when the right propeller struck a taxi-way sign. No injuries
	resulted and the aircraft was towed back to the FBO ramp and is out of
	service until repairs are made.

Source: Michael Paston, Special Operations Coordinator

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