Aeromed International - Injury accident

Date: 1/15/2008 15:30 AK

Program: Aeromed International
	4700 Business Park Blvd., #E-25
	Anchorage, AK 99503

Type: Cessna Caravan 208
Tail #: N454SF
Operator/Vendor: Grant Aviation

Weather: Wind approximately 17 knots,  Occasional low drifting and blowing snow reducing ground visibility

Team: Pilot, 2 Flight Paramedics. Injuries. Patient on board. 

Description: 
	The Pilot was planning to land on runway 18 in Bethel, Alaska with the
	patient and patient's parent on board. Instead the airplane touched
	down in a snow-covered area of the airport between the runway and the
	adjacent taxiway, collapsing the nose landing gear.

Additional Info: 
	The pilot, paramedics, patient and parent were taken to the local
	emergency room for evaluation and were released.

Source: Marian Williams RN Clinical Nurse Manager

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