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Near midair collision. Pilot of an EMS bell long ranger twin 407 (BH06) banks left to avoid a single engine cessna coming on a collision course during climb to a nearby hospital.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 417829 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6500 msl bound upper : 7500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Jet/Long Ranger |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude descent : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 3125 |
| ASRS Report | 417829 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 200 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was making a medical flight from ZZZ, us, airport to a downtown ZZZ hospital. After departing ZZZ airspace, initiating a climb from 6500 ft to 7000 ft MSL and turning on course to hospital in downtown ZZZ, a cessna single engine airplane suddenly appeared in my view through the right front windshield. It was traveling west to east and for several seconds had not been in view because of a center jamb separating the left and right window on the bell 407. I had recently completed a radio transmission on a frequency used for traffic operating over the city of ZZZ. My immediate action was to bank left to avoid a collision. It appeared that the cessna never saw my helicopter. The problem was caused by the lack of regulations governing aircraft flight in a high traffic area. Air-to-air communication should be a mandatory policy in a high traffic area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC. PLT OF AN EMS BELL LONG RANGER TWIN 407 (BH06) BANKS L TO AVOID A SINGLE ENG CESSNA COMING ON A COLLISION COURSE DURING CLB TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.
Narrative: I WAS MAKING A MEDICAL FLT FROM ZZZ, US, ARPT TO A DOWNTOWN ZZZ HOSPITAL. AFTER DEPARTING ZZZ AIRSPACE, INITIATING A CLB FROM 6500 FT TO 7000 FT MSL AND TURNING ON COURSE TO HOSPITAL IN DOWNTOWN ZZZ, A CESSNA SINGLE ENG AIRPLANE SUDDENLY APPEARED IN MY VIEW THROUGH THE R FRONT WINDSHIELD. IT WAS TRAVELING W TO E AND FOR SEVERAL SECONDS HAD NOT BEEN IN VIEW BECAUSE OF A CTR JAMB SEPARATING THE L AND R WINDOW ON THE BELL 407. I HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED A RADIO XMISSION ON A FREQ USED FOR TFC OPERATING OVER THE CITY OF ZZZ. MY IMMEDIATE ACTION WAS TO BANK L TO AVOID A COLLISION. IT APPEARED THAT THE CESSNA NEVER SAW MY HELI. THE PROB WAS CAUSED BY THE LACK OF REGS GOVERNING ACFT FLT IN A HIGH TFC AREA. AIR-TO-AIR COM SHOULD BE A MANDATORY POLICY IN A HIGH TFC AREA.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.