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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bolkms BK117A3 · Florence, SC · August 19, 1997

Date: August 19, 1997 · 14:50 local
Place: Florence, SC
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: AYUA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N527MB
Reported as: Bolkms BK117A3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total1,900 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N527MBRegistration cancelled Jul 22, 2016 · Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 A-4S/N 7103 · Built 1986 Airframe modelMesserschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BK 117 A-4 Engine modelLycoming LTS-101 seriesTurbo-shaft

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Southwest of airport bird shattered windscreen. Went thru and shattered aft greenhouse. Found only bird feathers.

As the FAA filed it

SOUTHWEST OF AIRPORT BIRD SHATTERED WINDSCREEN. WENT THRU AND SHATTERED AFT GREENHOUSE. FOUND ONLY BIRD FEATHERS.