Air Evac EMS, Inc. - Non-injury incident

Date: 06/17/09 8:05 p.m. CST

Program: Air Evac EMS, Inc.
	306 Davis Drive
	West Plains, MO

Type: Bell 206 L-4
Tail #: N314AE
Operator/Vendor: Own Part 135

Weather: Clear. Not a factor

Team: Pilot, Flight Nurse, Flight Paramedic. No injuries reported. Patient on board. 

Description: 
	The Parkersburg, WV, crew was lifting from a scene off Highway 50,
	about 30 miles east of Parkersburg, and experienced a wire strike with
	the main rotor blade. The pilot immediately executed a precautionary
	landing without incident, on the highway. The patient was transported,
	with the air medical team, by ground ambulance to the hospital. This
	is an NVG operational base, however NVGs were not utilized due to
	lighting conditions at dusk. The pilot indicated he was notified by
	the fire department that wires were marked by vehicles west of the LZ.
	Due to the setting sun in the West, neither the pilot nor the crew
	were able to visualize the wires and there was a misunderstanding as
	to which emergency vehicles were marking the wires.

Source: Seth Myers, President & CEO

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