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BK117 pilot launches helicopter to a hover before EMS crew is able to board.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 619323 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200405 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gls.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 10 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | MBB-BK 117A-1 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : parked ground other : hover landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 54 flight time total : 15500 flight time type : 3200 |
| ASRS Report | 619323 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | observation : passenger other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : rejected takeoff flight crew : landed as precaution |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
The flight crew and myself had just completed delivering a patient. I completed the shutdown and exited the aircraft. We (aircraft #1) were then dispatched to ZZZ1. I climbed back into the aircraft and began the start procedures getting #1 engine on line at idle. I received a page canceling our response to ZZZ1. Shutting down the engine just started, I noticed my crew approaching the aircraft. Once again I began and completed the start procedure getting both engines on line and completing the checks. I advanced the throttles to 100%, did a preflight check engine instruments in the green, master caution door light on, throttles full forward. I began and continued to pull pitch. About 10 ft in the air, I saw the paramedic out my right door. Out the left front, I saw the flight nurse. I had started a right yaw to get the nose into the wind. I immediately stopped and landed the aircraft. The crew secured the equipment and closed the rear doors. They then boarded and we went over what had just occurred. I checked with the crew to see if there had been any injuries or damage caused by this event. The crew assured me no injuries or aircraft damage had occurred and were prepared to continue. We then did a normal takeoff check with me challenging the crew about belts and doors and them answering secure and referring to obstacles around the aircraft. We then went to fast fuel and I doublechked the aircraft for damage. No damage was found on the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BK117 PLT LAUNCHES HELI TO A HOVER BEFORE EMS CREW IS ABLE TO BOARD.
Narrative: THE FLT CREW AND MYSELF HAD JUST COMPLETED DELIVERING A PATIENT. I COMPLETED THE SHUTDOWN AND EXITED THE ACFT. WE (ACFT #1) WERE THEN DISPATCHED TO ZZZ1. I CLBED BACK INTO THE ACFT AND BEGAN THE START PROCS GETTING #1 ENG ON LINE AT IDLE. I RECEIVED A PAGE CANCELING OUR RESPONSE TO ZZZ1. SHUTTING DOWN THE ENG JUST STARTED, I NOTICED MY CREW APCHING THE ACFT. ONCE AGAIN I BEGAN AND COMPLETED THE START PROC GETTING BOTH ENGS ON LINE AND COMPLETING THE CHKS. I ADVANCED THE THROTTLES TO 100%, DID A PREFLT CHK ENG INSTS IN THE GREEN, MASTER CAUTION DOOR LIGHT ON, THROTTLES FULL FORWARD. I BEGAN AND CONTINUED TO PULL PITCH. ABOUT 10 FT IN THE AIR, I SAW THE PARAMEDIC OUT MY R DOOR. OUT THE L FRONT, I SAW THE FLT NURSE. I HAD STARTED A R YAW TO GET THE NOSE INTO THE WIND. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND LANDED THE ACFT. THE CREW SECURED THE EQUIP AND CLOSED THE REAR DOORS. THEY THEN BOARDED AND WE WENT OVER WHAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. I CHKED WITH THE CREW TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS EVENT. THE CREW ASSURED ME NO INJURIES OR ACFT DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED AND WERE PREPARED TO CONTINUE. WE THEN DID A NORMAL TKOF CHK WITH ME CHALLENGING THE CREW ABOUT BELTS AND DOORS AND THEM ANSWERING SECURE AND REFERRING TO OBSTACLES AROUND THE ACFT. WE THEN WENT TO FAST FUEL AND I DOUBLECHKED THE ACFT FOR DAMAGE. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE ACFT.
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.