ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275436
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| Date: | Saturday 12 February 2022 |
| Time: | 16:24 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus Helicopters H145 |
| Owner/operator: | Babcock Scandinavian Air Ambulance |
| Registration: | SE-JSS |
| MSN: | 20226 |
| Engine model: | Safran Arriel 2E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fiskö Island -
 Finland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Mariehamn Airport (MHQ/EFMA) |
| Fiskö Island | |
| Investigating agency: | SIAF |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Airbus Helicopters H145 HEMS helicopter landed on Fiskö Island after a call regarding a person who was injured in a fall. Seconds after the pilot had set the engines to idle, the helicopter began to slide tail first on the ice-covered driveway at increasing speed until, after approximately 20 m of travel, the main rotor struck a boat shed to the right of the helicopter. The impact rotated the helicopter towards the shed, and the right side of the fuselage hit the wall.
The main rotor blades were damaged. The nurse onboard suffered minor injuries, the other occupants were uninjured.
CONCLUSIONS
1. A transport mode that offers the lowest total costs and causes least additional harm to the patient is often selected.
2. Ambulance helicopter operations in Åland differ from mainland Finland helicopter emergency medical service missions and are an element of the prehospital medical care pathway.
3. Heavy reliance on Border Guard or Åland’s Maritime Search and Rescue Association’s resources may jeopardize rescue operations because these assets may be unavailable to other authorities when simultaneous missions are ongoing.
4. A caller’s understanding of landing site conditions and restrictions is based on layman's estimate, not on accurate technical data. The final decision on a landing site rests with the helicopter crew.
5. Because the mission was not urgent, preparations were not made for the patient’s transport to the helipad or the nearby open field.
6. The crew members focused on a challenging confined-area landing, which distracted them from noting the slippery surface of the landing site.
7. A landing site offering the best overall safety should be selected based on risk assessment.
8. Fitting slide stoppers on skids would reduce the possibility of sliding during winter operations on slippery surfaces.
9. The Government of Åland is under the law responsible for the overall direction and oversight of rescue services, but this function has not been executed fully.
10. The division of Åland into separate rescue service areas may result in a scenario where expeditious and appropriate assistance cannot always be delivered.
11. The existence of two nearly identical addresses in the same municipality may cause confusion and delay the launch of rescue actions.
12. The lack of the emergency location function jeopardizes the caller’s safety and may prevent or at least delay the arrival of expeditious and sufficient help on the accident site. Transmission of location information during emergency calls would improve the delivery of expeditious and appropriate assistance significantly.
13. Åland receives a large number of visitors each year. Reporting an address in an emergency call may prove difficult, if not impossible.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.alandstidningen.ax/nyheter/ambulanshelikopter-havererade-pa-brando
https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/208575ec-a44b-4326-baa2-0c840553b649
https://twitter.com/OTKES_SIAF/status/1492584518842204169
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/alandstidningen-laakintahelikopteri-onnettomuudessa-ahvenanmaalla-yhden-uskotaan-loukkaantuneen/8354254#gs.ph8bo5
https://www.nyan.ax/nyheter/helikopterolycka-i-brando-fisko/?fbclid=IwAR1ulP5cx0OwmXn71bN7VeO5aV9kEn8m8j_UwnuNOyw-N5pKFwHj6fGlBP8
https://lentoposti.fi/uutiset/babcock_scandinavian_airambulancen_ambulanssihelikopteri_onnettomuudessa_br_nd_ss
https://turvallisuustutkinta.fi/en/index/currentissues/releases/2022/l2022-01accidentofanairambulancehelicopterinalandon12february2022.html
https://aerossurance.com/helicopters/air-ambulance-landing-site-slide/
Location
Media:
After landing in a confined space this HEMS helicopter started to slide backwards on an icy slope. We look at landing site recces. https://t.co/qn3ND39TbO #airambulance #helicopter #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/yu7ZxoVswT
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) February 4, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2022 19:26 | Dolly564 | Added |
| 12-Feb-2022 19:46 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2022 19:58 | Dolly564 | Updated [Total occupants, Source] |
| 12-Feb-2022 20:49 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Apr-2022 14:23 | penu | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2024 20:57 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 03-Feb-2024 15:12 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2024 15:53 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2024 16:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
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