# Incident 19980209006939I: Bell 206B, Scappoose, OR, February 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1998, 18:30 local time
- Place: Scappoose, OR
- Airport: Scappoose
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7710° N, 122.8618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCAPPOOSE (SPB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7710&lon=-122.8618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106TV-2018-02-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980209006939I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: DUCK PENETRATED LEFT WINDSHIELD. LEFT A 12"X15" HOLE. NIGHT VFR. PILOT DID NOT SEE BIRD. PIECE OF WINDSHIELD HIT GENERATOR SWITCH, TURNING IT OFF. GEN. WARN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY TO PORTLAND TOWER ON 118.7, SQUAWKED 7700. PILOT DETERMINED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS FLYABLE AND WAS ABLE TO RESET GENERATOR. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE SCAPPOOSE, OR AIRPORT (1S4).

## Other reports on N106TV (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120530009489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120530009489A), May 30, 2012: Bell 206B (N106TV), Burbank, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot was conducting aerial application fertilizer spraying over an apple orchard. The pilot was on the fourth pass at approximately 15 feet over the tree tops…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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