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EMS helicopter pilot reports near midair collision with another helicopter apparently rubber necking an accident scene.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 947974 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201105 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MBB-BK 117 All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 32 Flight Crew Total 3090 Flight Crew Type 310 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
We were heading east bound to a motor vehicle accident on the highway; all standard position calls made. Overhead the scene in a right hand turn at approximately 500 ft AGL heading roughly west to south east; I was looking and clearing to the right when the nurse in the rear called out that a helicopter had passed right beneath us by less than 100 ft heading south to north (from our right side). The nurse said he could see the aircraft was a [helicopter]. Even though I was looking in that direction I did not see the aircraft. Neither aircraft made any kind of avoiding climb descent or turn. The crew when they were on the ground questioned the local fire and police department and they said the aircraft was the county aircraft and that it had been in the local area just prior to our arrival. We think the pilot may have been 'rubber necking' the scene unaware of the possibility of EMS; news or police helicopters as it was fairly major event with multiple vehicles and EMS units on scene.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EMS helicopter pilot reports NMAC with another helicopter apparently rubber necking an accident scene.
Narrative: We were heading east bound to a motor vehicle accident on the highway; all standard position calls made. Overhead the scene in a right hand turn at approximately 500 FT AGL heading roughly west to south east; I was looking and clearing to the right when the nurse in the rear called out that a helicopter had passed right beneath us by less than 100 FT heading south to north (from our right side). The nurse said he could see the aircraft was a [helicopter]. Even though I was looking in that direction I did not see the aircraft. Neither aircraft made any kind of avoiding climb descent or turn. The crew when they were on the ground questioned the local fire and police department and they said the aircraft was the county aircraft and that it had been in the local area just prior to our arrival. We think the pilot may have been 'rubber necking' the scene unaware of the possibility of EMS; news or police helicopters as it was fairly major event with multiple vehicles and EMS units on scene.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.