# Incident 20040102010629I: Bell OH58A, St Augustine, FL, January 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2004, 14:50 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N244RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244RP-2007-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58A (registry code 1181579, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH58A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 700 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/20040102010629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CRUISING AT 600', 90 KNOTS AND IN A 20 DEGREE LEFT HAND TURN THE HELICOPTER HIT A BIRD THAT DAMAGED THE WINDSCREEN. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N244RP (1)

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

- [Accident 20050629014949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050629014949A), Jun 29, 2005: Bell OH58A (N244RP), St Augustine, FL, Destroyed. (-23) Accident happened at the st johns emergency operations center located about 1 mile south of the St Augustine FL airport. On takeoff at about 50 ft pilot…

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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