Medevac helicopter operating from one hospital to another failed to make timely coordination with to...

Narrative:

While enroute to the hospital on medevac status; I received a radio handoff from tower ZZZ1 to call ZZZ tower after crossing the extended centerline of runway at ZZZ. At the same time; I had received a traffic update from company dispatch on radio #2 concerning another helicopter leaving a close by hospital heading south. I acknowledged the handoff from ZZZ1 tower on radio #1; then acknowledged the traffic advisory from company dispatch on radio #2; and switched back to radio #1 to make initial contact with ZZZ. Initial call to ZZZ was actually made while still on ZZZ1 frequency; the discrepancy was immediately realized; and the frequency for ZZZ was switched into the primary channel of radio #1. Initial contact was then made with ZZZ tower; at which time the controller advised that contact needed to be made prior to entering the surface class bravo airspace and advised to copy the telephone number for ZZZ tower for possible violation. Primary priority should have been given to making initial contact with ZZZ tower; the decision to acknowledge the call from company dispatch lead to additional time being taken and also contributed to forgetting to switch the ZZZ frequency into the primary radio channel before making initial call.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Medevac helicopter operating from one hospital to another failed to make timely coordination with Tower prior to entering Class B airspace.

Narrative: While enroute to the hospital on medevac status; I received a radio handoff from Tower ZZZ1 to call ZZZ Tower after crossing the extended centerline of Runway at ZZZ. At the same time; I had received a traffic update from Company Dispatch on radio #2 concerning another helicopter leaving a close by Hospital heading south. I acknowledged the handoff from ZZZ1 Tower on radio #1; then acknowledged the Traffic Advisory from Company Dispatch on radio #2; and switched back to radio #1 to make initial contact with ZZZ. Initial call to ZZZ was actually made while still on ZZZ1 frequency; the discrepancy was immediately realized; and the frequency for ZZZ was switched into the primary channel of radio #1. Initial contact was then made with ZZZ Tower; at which time the Controller advised that contact needed to be made prior to entering the surface Class Bravo airspace and advised to copy the telephone number for ZZZ Tower for possible violation. Primary priority should have been given to making initial contact with ZZZ Tower; the decision to acknowledge the call from Company Dispatch lead to additional time being taken and also contributed to forgetting to switch the ZZZ frequency into the primary radio channel before making initial call.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1124342
Time
Date	201310
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 2700 Flight Crew Type 20
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Medevac helicopter operating from one hospital to another failed to make timely coordination with tower prior to entering class B airspace.