Guardian Air Transport - Non-injury incident

Date: 12/22/2009 0248 PST

Program: Guardian Air Transport

Type: Bell 407
Tail #: N407AM
Operator/Vendor: Air Methods Corp.

Weather: Windy 

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

Description: 
	N407AM was transporting a patient from Kingman, AZ to Las Vegas, NV. 
	While flying over a mountainous area south of Las Vegas, the aircraft
	encountered severe wind shear.  The aircraft lost significant altitude
	and its direction of flight was altered.  The pilot was able to
	stabilize the aircraft quickly and decided to make a precautionary
	landing at Las Vegas? McCarran Airport, rather than at the hospital
	destination.  
	The crew was unharmed as well as the patient.  The patient was
	delivered safely to the hospital by ground ambulance with the Guardian
	Air Crew aboard.
	

Source: Wade Patten, Program Director

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