From the CONCERN network:
Date: 08/01/2011 18:45 ET
Program: Air Evac EMS, Inc.
West Plains, MO
Type: Bell 206L4
Tail #: N484AE
Operator/Vendor: Own Part 135
Weather: Clear. Not a factor
Team: Pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic. No injuries reported. Patient on board.
Description:
The McMinn County, TN, Air Evac Lifeteam crew was departing a scene in
Polk County, TN, with a patient on board when the aircraft struck
power lines. The nose of the aircraft flew between 2 horizontal wires.
One wire went up the nose and was cut by the upper wire-cutter, and
the second wire went down the nose and was cut by the lower
wire-cutter. One wire struck the OAT gauge leaving a softball size
hole in pilot windscreen. The pilot landed the aircraft safely and
patient was transported on to a medical facility by another air
medical program that had also arrived at the scene.
Source: Seth Myers, President
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