ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216070
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| Date: | Saturday 29 September 2018 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B2 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Aero |
| Registration: | N894NA |
| MSN: | 2904 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8199 hours |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arriel 1D1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ski Apache, near Ruidoso, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ski Apache, NM | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter was inbound to a high altitude landing site (c9,500ft), to pick up a patient, had a near miss with a zip wire and then suffered a high rate of descent, landed hard, bounced, slid down an embankment but stayed up right. The pilot was uninjured and the two medical personnel had minor injuries. The helicopter was recovered by road.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
FAA preliminary
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/video-helicopter-has-rough-landing-at-ski-apache/1489444477
https://abc11.com/video-shows-helicopter-making-difficult-landing-at-nm-ski-resort/4390492/
https://eu.ruidosonews.com/story/news/local/community/2018/10/05/medical-helicopter-hits-apparent-downdraft-when-landing-ski-apache-slides-down-incline-but-no-one/1533896002/ (contains several unsupported assertions)
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N894NA
http://www.transaeroheli.com
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/hems-zipwire-density-altitude/
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98387/pdf
Location
Media:
US Air Ambulance Near Miss with Zip Wire and High ROD Impact at High Density Altitude: #NTSB Report (with VIDEO)https://t.co/xRam6KNbBx #airambulance #helicopter #accident #flightsafety #aviationsafety pic.twitter.com/RB7WVu0OGT
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) January 23, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2018 13:14 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 13:15 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-Oct-2018 13:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location] |
| 09-Oct-2018 15:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 12:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 12:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2021 13:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Date, Time, Embed code] |
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