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During landing, an EMS helicopter took evasive action. The conflicting aircraft (enstrom helicopter) was making a low pass and not communicating on appropriate frequencys.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 303135 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199504 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 4300 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 303135 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 100 vertical : 50 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On apr/mon/95, company flight had been dispatched to a scene involving an injury in which the patient was being transported to a local hospital. On arrival at the hospital, helicopter was required to take evasive action from an aircraft that had performed a low pass over the hospital during the landing on the helipad. Numerous witnesses were concerned with the possibility of a midair collision. I was required to divert my attention from landing on the helipad, by an aircraft that had no reason to be in the area or at the altitude at which he was flying. The pilot was not monitoring the local hospital frequency and did not make his intentions clear on the airport frequency. The reason would be obvious, he was where he was not supposed to be.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING LNDG, AN EMS HELI TOOK EVASIVE ACTION. THE CONFLICTING ACFT (ENSTROM HELI) WAS MAKING A LOW PASS AND NOT COMMUNICATING ON APPROPRIATE FREQS.
Narrative: ON APR/MON/95, COMPANY FLT HAD BEEN DISPATCHED TO A SCENE INVOLVING AN INJURY IN WHICH THE PATIENT WAS BEING TRANSPORTED TO A LCL HOSPITAL. ON ARR AT THE HOSPITAL, HELI WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION FROM AN ACFT THAT HAD PERFORMED A LOW PASS OVER THE HOSPITAL DURING THE LNDG ON THE HELIPAD. NUMEROUS WITNESSES WERE CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A MIDAIR COLLISION. I WAS REQUIRED TO DIVERT MY ATTN FROM LNDG ON THE HELIPAD, BY AN ACFT THAT HAD NO REASON TO BE IN THE AREA OR AT THE ALT AT WHICH HE WAS FLYING. THE PLT WAS NOT MONITORING THE LCL HOSPITAL FREQ AND DID NOT MAKE HIS INTENTIONS CLR ON THE ARPT FREQ. THE REASON WOULD BE OBVIOUS, HE WAS WHERE HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.