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Broward Air
Ambulance Helicopter Crash Kills Two
Tail boom
folded before accident
An Airbus EC135 helicopter operated by the Broward County Sheriff's Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue unit crashed soon after takeoff from Pompano Beach Airport in Florida on August 28. (Image: Flightradar24)
By MARK HUBER • Contributor -
Rotorcraft
August 29, 2023
The NTSB is investigating the crash of a 1999
Airbus Helicopters EC135T1 on Monday morning that killed a flight paramedic and
one person on the ground. The pilot and another medical crewmember aboard
survived, and two other people on the ground were injured after the
helicopter's tail boom folded.
Registered as N109BC and operated by the Broward
County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue unit as “Air 85,” the twin-engine
helicopter crashed at 8:45 a.m. local time, three minutes after takeoff from
the Pompano Beach Airport (KPMP). It went down near the intersection of North
Dixie Highway and Atlantic Boulevard, two miles southwest of the airport. Data
from FlightRadar24 shows the helicopter proceeded westbound to Interstate
Highway 95 before making a 180-degree turn back to the field.
The EC135 was originally en route to pick up a
patient in Fort Lauderdale. The pilot reportedly declared an emergency and was
attempting a return to the airport when the tail boom folded and the aircraft
spun into the roof of a triplex apartment building, killing a resident within
and spawning a post-crash fire that destroyed at least two of the building’s
three units. Photos and videos show
the helicopter trailing smoke and an area of fire beneath the engine deck just
forward of where the tail boom attaches to the main fuselage.
During a news conference on Monday, Broward County
sheriff Gregory Tony said the helicopter reported mechanical difficulties one
minute into the flight and then a fire broke out onboard. "They did their
very best from my understanding now to try to extinguish that fire, but
additional mechanical issues occurred," he reported.
The sheriff identified the survivors as pilot
Daron Roche and medical crewmember Mikael Chaguaceda, both with injuries he
categorized as non-life threatening. He named the deceased crewmember as
captain Terryson Jackson, a 19-year veteran of the fire rescue department. The
deceased apartment resident was not identified.
| Date: | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Time: | c 08:45 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 135T1 |
| Owner/operator: | Broward County Sheriffs Office (BSO Fire Rescue) |
| Registration: | N109BC |
| MSN: | 0139 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pompano Beach, FL -  United States of America |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Pompano Beach Airport, FL (PPM/KPMP) |
| Pompano Beach Airport, FL (PPM/KPMP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:
A Eurocopter EC 135T1 suffered an inflight fire shortly after take-off from Pompano Beach Airpark (PPM/KPMP), Florida. The pilot tried to return but crashed into an occupied residential building in Pompano Beach.
One occupant onboard and one person on the ground died. The two remaining helicopter occupants (the pilot and a medic) and four persons on the ground were taken to hospital. The two surviving crew members climbed through the hole created in the property's roof to escape.
Online photos and videos show that the helicopter experienced an inflight fire shortly after take-off from Pompano Beach Airpark (PPM/KPMP), Florida, followed by failure of the tailboom. The helicopter spun out of control and crashed through the building's roof.
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