Maryland State Police Aviation Command - Fatal accident

Date: 12/27/2008 2355 EST

Program: Maryland State Police Aviation Command
	2023 Strawberry Point Road, Baltimore, Maryland, 21220

Type: SA-365N1
Tail #: N92MD

Weather: Marginal VFR

Injuries: 
	Steven Bunker , Civilian Pilot - fatal
	Mickey Lippy, Trooper/Flight Medic - fatal
	Tanya Mallard, Paramedic - fatal
	Patient, fatal
	Patient, injured
	

Description: 
	At approx. 2300 on 27 Sep. Maryland State Police medevac helicopter,
	Trooper 2, was dispatched to a traffic crash in the Waldorf area of
	Charles Co. south of Washington. Trooper 2 responded from its hangar
	at the Andrews Air Force Base.  
	Trooper 2 picked up two patients and a medical provider from the
	incident scene for transport to the Princes Georges Trauma Center
	During the flight, the helicopter disappeared from radar and and the
	OCC's flight tracking. State Police and Prince George?s County Police
	and Fire were alerted and a search began.  
	             
	Shortly before 0200 today, the helicopter crash site was found by MSP
	Aviation Command crews conducting the ground search. The crash
	occurred within a wooded area near Ritchie Road in Forestville, Md.
	The flight crew and one patient were pronounced dead at the scene. A
	second patient survived the crash and was transported by ground to the
	Prince George?s Hospital Center.

Additional Info: 
	The cause of the crash is not known at this time. Maryland State
	Police investigators, the NTSB and FAA are currently on the scene.
	
	Additional information will be provided as soon as it is available.

Source: Sgt. R. F. Adams, SYSCOM OCC

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