# Incident 20010308002799I: Snias AS350BA, Linden, NJ, March 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2001, 12:42 local time
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Airport: Linden Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MHIA
- Location: 40.6174° N, 74.2446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINDEN (LDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6174&lon=-74.2446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555LH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555LH-2003-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 BA (registry code 8680955, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-ba) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350BA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010308002799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT HELICOPTER STRUCK A SEAGULL INJURING A PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT. SEAGULL THEN EXITED THE HELICOPTER OUT THE DOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE. NO INJURY TO THE PILOT HOWEVER THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR CUTS AND BLOOD FROM THE BIRD ON HIS FACE.

## Other reports on N555LH (1)

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

- [Accident 20010613022269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010613022269A), Jun 13, 2001: Snias AS350BA (N555LH), Trenton, NJ, No damage. (-23) On 13 June 2001, a liberty helicopters inc. AS-350-BA, N555LH, while flying in a very loose pattern with liberty helicopters inc. AS-355-F1, N406LH.…

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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