History: LVH MedEvac

MedEvac began operations in April 1981, becoming the 31st air medical flight program in the United States and the second in Pennsylvania.

The history presented below represents the most complete record we have been able to compile. It has been assembled through extensive research of historical publications, newspaper archives, photographs, aircraft records, and—just as importantly—the memories and experiences of past and present MedEvac crew members.

As with any historical record, there may be gaps or details that need clarification. If you have corrections, additional information, photographs, or memories that can help make this history more complete and accurate, please contact us. We welcome your contributions and will update the record as new information becomes available.

Thank you to everyone who has helped preserve the history of MedEvac.


MedEvac History				Created by: Roger Buck \| www.alecbuck.com \| Danville, PA USA


Year	Call Sign	N #	Base Location	Notes

1981	M1	N1022H	Cedar Crest	Allentown & Sacred Heart Hospital MedEvac
				8-Apr-1981: First flight, accident victim from Palmerton Hospital to Cedar Crest
1982	M1	N2907T	Cedar Crest	N1022H \| Valued at $435 k + $120k of equipment \| Leased from Keystone Helicopters
				27-Apr-1982: N1022H Crash \| Was the 121st flight of the program
1983	M1	N2907T	Cedar Crest	29-Apr-1982: Bell 206L-1 N997PA enters service \| Call sign is MedEvac II
				5-Nov-1982: Allentown & Sacred Heart partnershp ends \| Now Lehigh Valley Hospital MedEvac
1984	M1	N2907T	Cedar Crest	29-Oct-1982: N2907T dedicated by Governor Thornburgh \| Purchased for $550k

1985	M1	N2907T	Cedar Crest

1986	M1	N159BK	Cedar Crest

1986	M1	N159BK	Cedar Crest	Dec-1986: N159BK replaces N2907T \| Leased from Keystone Helicopters
				Oct-1986: LVH and HUH join to create University MedEvac
1987	M1	N159BK	Cedar Crest
	M2	N526MB	HUH	Apr-1987: MedEvac 2 enters service with N116MB while N526MB is at Keystone Helicopters for completion

1988	M1	N159BK	Cedar Crest
	M2	N526MB	HUH

1989	M1	N159BK	Cedar Crest
	M2	N526MB	HUH

1990	M1	N116MB	Cedar Crest	1990: N116MB replaces N159BK \| N7062J also seen as MedEvac 1
	M2	N526MB	HUH

1991	M1	N116MB	Cedar Crest
	M2	N526MB	HUH

1992	M1	N116MB	Cedar Crest
	M2	N526MB	HUH

1993	M1	N116MB	Cedar Crest	1993: Allegheny Health acquires HUH, becomes Allegheny University Hospitals
	M2	N526MB	HUH

1994	M1	N116MB	Cedar Crest
	M2	N526MB	HUH

1995	M1	N116MB	Cedar Crest
	M2	N526MB	HUH

1996	M1	N116MB	Cedar Crest	Oct-1996: MedEvac 2 goes 12 hour days at Suburban General and 12 hours nights HUH.
	M2	N526MB	HUH \| Suburban General	At Suburban call sign is MedEvac 3

1997	M1	N116MB	Cedar Crest \| Mulenberg	Dec-1997: MedEvac 1 relocated to Muhlenberg (merger was on 21-Nov-1997)
	M3	N886AH	Suburban General	Oct-1997: N886AH replaces N526MB \| N526MB goes to Conemaugh MedStar

1998	M1	N116MB	Mulenberg
	M3	N886AH	Suburban	Nov-1998: Tenet Healthcare Corp purchases Allegheny University Hospitals Hahneman

1999	M1	N116MB	Mulenberg \| Cedar Crest	Dec-1999: PennStar 3 opens at LVI w/ BK117 \| N109UP enters service in March 2000
	M3	N886AH	Suburban General

2000	M1	N911LV	Cedar Crest	Feb-2000: N911LV enters service
	M2	N116MB	Pocono	Mar-2000: PennStar 3 starts operating N109UP
	M3	N886AH	Suburban General	???-2000: MedEvac 1 relocates from Muhlenberg to Cedar Crest (between Feb and April)
				May-2000: N116MB enters service as MedEvac 2
2001	M1	N911LV	Cedar Crest
	M2	N116MB	Pocono
	M3	N886AH	Suburban General

2002	M1	N911LV	Cedar Crest	Mar-2002: MedEvac 4 enters service w/ N236KH, then 532KH, then N7062J
	M2	N116MB	Pocono
	M3	N886AH	Suburban General
	M4	N7062J	Reading Airport

2003	M1	N911LV	Cedar Crest	Mar-2003: MedEvac 3 relocates to Pottstown-Limerick Airport
	M2	N116MB	Pocono	May-2003: MedEvac 5 enters service in Doylestown Hospital w/ N95SR
	M3	N886AH	Pottstown-Limerick	Jun-2003: PennStar 3 relocates from LVI to Northampton w/ N109UP
	M4	N7062J	Reading Airport
	M5	N95SR	Doylestown Hospital

2004	M1	N911LV	Cedar Crest	Dec-2004: MedEvac 5 at Doylestown closes \| (end of December)
	M2	N116MB	Pocono
	M3	N886AH	Pottstown-Limerick
	M4	N7062J	Reading Airport
	M5	N95SR	Doylestown Hospital

2005	M1	N911LV	CC \| LVI \| Kutztown	Jan-2005: MedEvac 6 opens at Keystone Helicopters in West Chester w/ N886AH
	M2	N116MB	Pocono	???-2005: MedEvac 1 relocates to LVI Hangar 7 (still at CC on 28-Dec-2008)
	M3	N886AH	Pottstown-Limerick	Jun-2005: MedEvac 5 opens in Hammonton, NJ w/ N135CP
	M4	N7062J	Reading Airport \| LVI	Sep-2005: MedEvac 1 relocates to Kutztown Airport
	M5	N135CP	Hammonton	Sep-2005: MedEvac 4 relocates to LVI Hangar 7
	M6	N886AH	Keystone Helicopters	Oct-2005: PennStar 4 opens at Reading Airport \| Opens with N109UP from PennStar 3 \| N7UC to PennStar 3

2006	M1	N911LV	Kutztown	Mar-2006: Keystone Helicopters purchases N891T & N892T (from Travis County, Texas)
	M2	N116MB	Pocono	Jun-2006: MedEvac 7 opens at Zerby Airport w/ N891T, then to N116MB, and to N892T in Sep-2006
	M3	N532KH	Pottstown-Limerick	Jun-2006: Life Flight 5 opens at Zerby Airport w/ N911GH
	M4	N891T	LVI \| Carbon (Floyd’s)	Jul-2006: N891T goes to MedEvac 4 at LVI \| Replaces N7062J (to MedEvac 5)
	M5	N7062J	Hammonton	Jul-2006: MedEvac 8 opens at Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook w/ N135CP (Temple partnership)
	M6	N886AH	Keystone Helicopters	Sep-2006: PennStar 5 opens at Jake Arner w/ N65UP
	M7	N892T	Zerby Airport	Oct-2006: MedEvac proposes base on Tonolli Road in Nesquehoning (for M4)
	M8	N135CP	Meadowbrook – Holy Redeemer Hospital	Nov-2006: MedEvac 4 relocates to Floyd’s Compound

2007	M1	N911LV	Kutztown	Jan-2007: Bob Carmen passes (25th)
	M2	N116MB	Pocono	Jan-2007: EraMed acquires Keystone Helicopters
	M3	N532KH	Pottstown-Limerick	May-2007: MedEvac 7 relocates to Mazucca Helipad in Pottsville w/ N892T
	M4	N891T	Carbon	Jul-2007: MedEvac proposes base at Carbon 911 Center in Nesquehoning (for M4)
	M5	N7062J	Hammonton	15-Oct-2007: To Air Methods \| Will receive 3 new EC135s and 1 refurbished BK117C1
	M6	N886AH	Keystone	Oct-2007: Temp AC are N118NY; N230AM; N232AM; N238AM
	M7	N892T	Zerby Airport \| Pottsville	Dec-2007: Life Flight 5 relocates to Goodwill Fire Company Hangar in Minersville w/ N116MB
	M8	N135CP	Meadowbrook – Holy Redeemer Hospital	2007: MedEvac 8 closes \| Temple goes with PennStar 6, based at Wings Field

2008	M1	N811LV	Kutztown	Mar-2008 University MedEvac changes name to MidAtlantic MedEvac
	M2	N812LV	Pocono	Apr-2008: N812LV in service as first new AC from Air Methods \| Followed by N811LV, N814LV and N817LV
	M4	N814LV	Carbon	30-May-2008: MedEvac 7 crash in N238AM
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2009	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	Carbon
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2013	M1	N811LV	Kutztown	2013: CAMTS
	M2	N812LV	Pocono	2013: Change to black livery
	M4	N814LV	Carbon
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2014	M1	N811LV	Kutztown	2014: LVH\Hazleton merger
	M2	N812LV	Pocono	Jan-2014: MedEvac 4 relocates from Floyd’s to LVHN Hazleton
	M4	N814LV	LVHN Hazleton
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2015	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	LVHN Hazleton
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2016	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	LVHN Hazleton
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2017	M1	N811LV	Kutztown	2017: M1 transitions from BK117 to EC130
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	LVHN Hazleton
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2018	M1	N811LV	Kutztown	Jul-2018: Life Flight 6 opens at Jake Arner, replacing PennStar \| N488LF owned by St. Luke’s
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	LVHN Hazleton
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2019	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	LVHN Hazleton \| Hazleton Airport	Feb-2019: M4 relocates to Hazleton Airport
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2020	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	Hazleton Airport	2020: M4 transitions from EC135 to EC145 \| N959AC arrrives, N# changes to N814LV
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2021	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	Hazleton Airport
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2022	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	Hazleton Airport
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2023	M1	N811LV	Kutztown	2023: M1 transitions from 130 to 135. N241AM arrives, N# changes to N811LV
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	Hazleton Airport
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2024	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	Hazleton Airport
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2025	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	Hazleton Airport
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville

2026	M1	N811LV	Kutztown
	M2	N812LV	Pocono
	M4	N814LV	Hazleton Airport
	M7	N817LV	Pottsville


N #	Serial	Yr Mfg	Aircraft Model	Notes

N1022H	S-116	1973	MBB Bo-105 C	Destroyed in crash \| April 1982 \| New Ringgold, PA
N997PA	45581	?	Bell 206L-1	Destroyed in hangar fire \| 1998 \| Trans North Air \| Whitehorse, YT Canada
N2907T	S-577	1982	MBB Bo-105 CBS	In service \| Pegasus Air Services \| Paramaribo, Suriname \| Last reg was PZ-HAK
N159BK*	7059	?	BK117 A3	Other Reg #s: N271; N236KH; ZK-IED \| Destroyed in crash \| 2017 \| New Zealand
N116MB	7095	1986	BK117 A3	Other Reg #s: ZK-HQD, ZS-RCP \| In service \| Aeronautic Solutions \| South Africa
N526MB	7102	1986	BK117 A3	Other Reg #s: ZK-HQJ, C-GBKD \| In service \| Great Slave Helicopter \| Canada
N7062J	7178	1988	BK117 B1	For sale \| Last in service with MAMA in North Carolina
N886AH	760153	1981	Sikorsky S76A++	Reg canceled 2018 \| Last in service with Cleveland Clinic
N911LV	760281	1984	Sikorsky S76A++	Reg canceled \| Other Reg #s: C-FHJO \| Last in service with Helijet in BC Canada
N95SP	2019	1988	MBB B0-195 LS A-3	In service \| NetCare 911 \| South Africa \| ZS-ONH
N135CP	7014	1983	BK117 A1	Oher Reg #s: ZK-HQC \| In service with Airwok in New Zealand
N532KH	7069	?	BK117 A3	In service \| Pacific Helicopters \| Australia \|P2-BKB
N891T	0051	1998	EC135T1	In service \| Airlink \| North Carolina
N892T	0052	1998	EC135T1	In service \| Apollo MedFlight \| Texas
N811LV	7527	1998	BK117 C1	In service \| South Africa \| ZT-RDZ
N812LV	0614	2007	EC135 P2+
N814LV	0628	2007	EC135 P2+	Now N814LN, in Nebraska
N817LV	0651	2008	EC135 P2+
N811LV	8240	2016	EC130 T2	Now N410W, in Illinois
N814LV	9137	2007	BK117 C2	Arrived as N959AC
N811LV	0573	2007	EC135P2+	Arrived as N241AM

Note:*	N159BK; N271 and N236KH are the same aircraft

Date			Flights	Notes
Dec-1988			5,000 Flights
Apr-1992			10,000 Flights
Jul-1995			15,000 Flights
Mar-1998			20,000 Flights
Oct-2000			25,000 Flights
Aug-2004			30,000 Flights
Jul-2006			40,000 Flights