PLT OF AN EMER AIR AMBULANCE HELI PENETRATED A TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AIRSPACE SURROUNDING THE HOSPITAL HELIPAD ON WHICH HE LANDED PRIOR TO OBTAINING PERMISSION DUE TO INSUFFICIENT TIME IN WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL.

2000-06 · NASA ASRS report 477462

Date: 2000-06 · Aircraft: Helicopter

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

PLT OF AN EMER AIR AMBULANCE HELI PENETRATED A TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AIRSPACE SURROUNDING THE HOSPITAL HELIPAD ON WHICH HE LANDED PRIOR TO OBTAINING PERMISSION DUE TO INSUFFICIENT TIME IN WAITING FOR THE APPROVAL.

Narrative

UNSCHEDULED EMER MEDICAL SVC FLT INTO TEMPORARY FLT RESTR AREA JUN/FRI/00. XA21 HRS LCL. (ESTIMATED PENETRATION DISTANCE 400 METERS.) FLT WAS UNDER LIFEGUARD AB CALL SIGN. FLT WAS TERMINATED AT ZZZ HOSPITAL PRIOR TO COORD COULD BE COMPLETED. RECOMMENDATION: BE PREPARED TO ISSUE BLANKET CLRNCS TO LIFEGUARD ACFT REQUIRING FLT INTO TEMPORARY RESTR AREAS. FLT COORD WAS TO BE COMPLETED BY BOTH COMBINED COMS (DISPATCH) AND THE PLT DUE TO THE SHORT NATURE (7 MINS) OF THE FLT. THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TIME TO COORDINATE ENTRY INTO THE 1.5 NM; 1500 FT AGL AREA IN ZZZ. THIS EXCLUSION AREA INCLUDED 4 ROOF TOP HELIPADS; OF WHICH 2 ARE MAJOR TRAUMA CTRS. DURING FLT; COMS WITH ZZZ TWR; DISPATCH; AND LCL TFC HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED. ESTIMATED INCURSION WAS 400 METERS. PLT BELIEVED HIMSELF TO BE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE TEMPORARY RESTR MEA BY 1 CITY BLOCK; AND USED A TFC PATTERN AWAY FROM THE EXCLUSION AREA FOR APCH AND LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE TEMPORARY RESTR WAS ESTABLISHED BRIEFLY FOR VIP PURPOSE AND NOTAM WAS CARRIED ONLY LOCALLY OF WHICH HE HAD NOT READ SINCE HIS COMPANY SUBSCRIBES TO A NATIONAL NOTAM SVC WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THAT NOTAM. THEREFORE; HE LEARNED THAT HE WILL CHK WITH LCL NOTAMS IN THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF RELYING ONLY ON THE COMMERCIAL SVC. HE DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE FAA; ATC; OR FSDO REGARDING THIS EVENT. HE BELIEVED THAT SINCE HIS FLT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE BORDER; IT DID NOT CAUSE INTERFERENCE WITH THE PLANNED TEMPORARY RESTR AREA.

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

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