Carolina Life Care - Non-injury incident

Date: 7/2/09 2101 EDT

Program: Carolina Life Care
	1700 Airport Rd
	Conway, SC 29526

Type: AS350B2
Tail #: N53962
Operator/Vendor: Omniflight Helicopters, Inc.

Weather: Clear. Not a factor

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

Description: 
	During approach to landing at the referring hospital heliport the
	aircraft tail rotor struck a vehicle barrier, a 6 inch diameter, 3
	foot pipe filled with concrete. Aircraft landed safely on the helipad.
	Aircraft was removed from service and FAA was notified. FAA conducted
	their investigation on July 3 and released the aircraft for recovery
	and repairs. 

Additional Info: 
	The helipad has had two of the barrier in place for several years. As
	a result of this incident the hospital administration will have the
	barriers removed. 

Source: Clark Kurschner, Director of Operations,

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