A PennSTAR medical helicopter made an emergency landing in the front lawn of a house in a Whitemarsh Township neighborhood in Montgomery County on Monday night. All three crew members aboard are safe and no injuries were reported on the ground, officials said.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the reason for the pilot being forced to put the aircraft down.
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"We got very lucky tonight. It's a miracle," Whitemarsh Township Police Chief Christopher Ward said at a new conference Monday night. "The pilot did an amazing job from all accounts. As out of control as it was, he controlled it into an area and put it down without striking any homes, any vehicles or any people."
The Whitemarsh Township Police Department was working with emergency services to safely secure the area and are asking residents who have found debris related to the incident to contact them via 911, according to a Facebook post.
The scene now on the front lawn of a Whitemarsh Township home where the PENNSTAR 1 medevac helicopter made an emergency landing. Damage to the rotar assembly and the left landing skid are evident. Crew of three walked away. No one on ground hurt either. pic.twitter.com/nbX6Jh6D5T
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) May 20, 2025
The helicopter was traveling from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and heading to Wings Field airport in Blue Bell, officials said. There were no patients on board and the crew was taken to the hospital for precautionary checkups after the landing.
The helicopter will be left on a property on the 6000 block of Musket Road until the FAA and NTSB complete the investigation, Ward said.