Air Evac EMS, Inc. - Non-injury incident

Date: 12/11/09 1450 CST

Program: Air Evac EMS, Inc.
	POB 768
	West Plains, MO 65775

Type: Bell 206 L1
Tail #: N133AE
Operator/Vendor: Own Part 135

Weather: Clear. Not a factor

Team: Pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic. No injuries reported. No patient. 

Description: 
	Air Evac crewmembers were preparing for departure after dropping off a
	patient at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO. While a medical
	crewmember was in the process of securing the aircraft, and just prior
	to engine start, a blast of rotor wash from another program?s aircraft
	forced the door out of the medical crewmember?s hand. The door was
	forced past its normal open limit, rotating a full 180 degrees and
	breaking the right front door window (pilot?s door). 

Additional Info: 
	Air Evac maintenance personal inspected and repaired aircraft,
	allowing it to return to base.
	
	The approaching aircraft was a BK117, which was landing at an adjacent
	helipad to drop-off the medical crew. The BK117 flew within
	approximately 50 feet of the parked aircraft?s tail rotor.  

Source: Seth Myers, President and CEO

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