Shawn:
>Did the pilot report this? NASA's ASRS is an ideal place to let this get known.
There was an internal investigation. Incidents such as this are taken seriously by both the aviation and medical sides of PHI and the information is disseminated company-wide, but to my knowledge, that document hasn't been published yet. Beyond that, I don't know.
My take is it was a combination of factors. You will truly be amazed at the varying strength of the wind out here. A flight can be coming in from the west with a 30-40kt tailwind at 1000' AGL. Overfly the hospital and the sock is hanging limp. My personal favorite is typically 25 gusting 35-40 reported from the east at ABQ international and at the hospital 3 miles due north, light and variable.