AGUSTA A109K2, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JUNE 7, 2003–Agusta N123RX, operated by IHC Hospitals and piloted by an ATP-rated pilot, was destroyed when it hit a hillside 13.7 miles southeast of Salt Lake International Airport (SLC) at 8:12 p.m. MDT. The helicopter, which was not on a flight plan, was in VMC and operating as an air rescue flight under Part 135. The pilot was killed, a paramedic on board received minor injuries and the flight nurse was unharmed. The flight originated in a residential area southeast of SLC and was en route to Ogden, Utah.
The flight nurse reported they had just finished rescuing a lost hiker and were preparing to return to home base at Ogden. The pilot told her that dispatch wanted them to proceed home because the helicopter was due for a 25-hour inspection. He further told her that he would drop her off at the hospital, where she had been picked up earlier, on his way back to Ogden but that they had to return to the location where they had picked up the hiker so he could get an altitude reading.
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