20061117026099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-3 · LA · November 17, 2006

Date
November 17, 2006 · 07:08 local
Place
LA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ALGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N187AL
Reported as
Bell 206L3
Reported engine
Allison 250C30P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,437 total349 in this make and model129 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) During cruise flight, bird struck aircraft, which destroyed passenger windscreen causing a loss of tailrotor thrust. Pilot landed aircraft in water without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, BIRD STRUCK AIRCRAFT, WHICH DESTROYED PASSENGER WINDSCREEN CAUSING A LOSS OF TAILROTOR THRUST. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN WATER WITHOUT INCIDENT.