PLT OF SMT HELI ACFT SHUT DOWN 1 ENG AND MADE AN EMER LNDG.

1992-06 · NASA ASRS report 213631

Date: 1992-06 · Aircraft: Helicopter

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical

Synopsis

PLT OF SMT HELI ACFT SHUT DOWN 1 ENG AND MADE AN EMER LNDG.

Narrative

APPROX 20 MI OUT OF ZZZ TRANSPORTING A PATIENT TO MERCY HOSPITAL; I EXPERIENCED AN ENG OIL PRESSURE CAUTION AND SEGMENT LIGHT. AS PER ACFT MANUFACTURER; ENG #1 WAS SHUT DOWN. I NOTIFIED THE MEDICAL CREW MEMBERS AND ATC OF PROBLEM AND REQUESTED RWY 23 WHICH WOULD LAND MY ACFT INTO THE WIND. UPON ARRIVING AT THE ARPT; I SET UP FOR THE APCH FOR RWY 23. A SINGLE ENG LNDG WAS ACCOMPLISHED. NO DAMAGE OR INJURY OCCURRED. I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE ACFT OFF THE RWY APPROX 20 FT; BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE OF THE WT. ACFT WAS SHUT DOWN. THE PATIENT AND 2 NURSES WERE MOVED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE ACFT WAS RESTARTED AND MOVED TO RAMP AREA. ALL UNEVENTFUL. UPON ARR; THE ACFT ENG #1 OIL RESERVOIR WAS REFILLED; THE ACFT TEST FLOWN; AND THEN GNDED FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ENG WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN ZZZ. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT AFTER MOVING HELI OFF RWY; FAA APCHED HIM STATING THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE MOVED ACFT AS IT WAS NOT AIRWORTHY. RPTR HAS HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH FAA AND FEELS THAT HIS COMPANY WILL HANDLE ANY FUTURE CONTACT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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