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The captain of a medevac helicopter flight reported that an external inspection access door opened in flight and struck the rotor blades. The flight landed safely and there were no injuries reported.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1348316 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| 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 | Final Approach |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Service/Access Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
After a 2 hour four legged patient flight on approach back to [the medical center]; the inspection side of the hydraulic cowling came open and struck the blades. Two flight crew members were on board. I can only assume my initial and subsequent pre-flight walk arounds were deficient. Do not allow other pre-flight factors to distract one from security of cowlings inspection.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The Captain of a medevac helicopter flight reported that an external inspection access door opened in flight and struck the rotor blades. The flight landed safely and there were no injuries reported.
Narrative: After a 2 hour four legged patient flight on approach back to [the medical center]; the inspection side of the hydraulic cowling came open and struck the blades. Two flight crew members were on board. I can only assume my initial and subsequent pre-flight walk arounds were deficient. Do not allow other pre-flight factors to distract one from security of cowlings inspection.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.