Accidents
EMS Helo Crashes after Other Companies Decline Flight
All three crew killed in crash of Survival Flight Bell 407 in Ohio.

A 1996 Bell 407 that crashed last week en route to a patient pick up in Ohio had been dispatched only after two other air ambulance companies rejected the flight as being below their established weather minimums. The Survival Flight helicopter had been dispatched from Grove City to pick up a patient in Pomeroy. All three crewmembers died January 29 when the helicopter crashed through trees and disintegrated at 6:55 a.m., shortly before local sunrise, on state forest land near McArthur, 34 miles from its destination. Blowing snow and gusty winds were reported in the area of the crash site at the time of the accident. Pilot Jennifer Topper, 34, held a second-class medical, a helicopter instrument rating, and had received her commercial certificate in November 2018, according to FAA records. 


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