# NTSB Accident ERA13LA134
> **EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH MBB-BK 117 C-2** · 2013-02-14 · Danville, PA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA13LA134
- **Event ID:** 20130215X30422
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2013-02-14
- **Location:** Danville, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.967777, -76.605552
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- **Model:** MBB-BK 117 C-2
- **Registration:** N481LF
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s decision to conduct a straight-in approach to the helipad, which resulted in the main rotor blade impacting a construction crane flag marker. Contributing to the accident was the erroneous information about the construction crane’s operation time and the pilot’s self-induced time pressure, which resulted from his awareness of the patient’s medical situation during the flight.

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