20090117000769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Snias AS350B2 · Forrest City, AR · January 17, 2009

Date
January 17, 2009 · 18:15 local
Place
Forrest City, AR
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HDNA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N350BH
Reported as
Snias AS350B2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total125 in this make and model20 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.

On January 17, 2009 at 1815 central daylight time, a Eurocopter, AS350B2, registered to baptist health/baptist medical center and operated by privacy data omitted, collided with a flock of geese 6 miles east of Forrest City, Arkansas near interstate 40, exit 247. The rotorcraft was operated at 1500 feet and 120 knots under the provisions of title 14 and the code of federal regulations, part 91 and visual flight rules. The pilot received facial lacerations requiring stiches and hypothermia. The rotorcraft received approximately 6 bird strikes from geese which resulted in pilot’s and copilot’s main windscreens broken, nose cone broken, pilot’s chin bubble broken and damage to the front part of the engine nacelle. The flight originated at elvis presley medical center in memphis, Tennessee and the intended destination was the baptist medical center in little rock, Arkansas.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 17, 2009 AT 1815 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A EUROCOPTER, AS350B2, REGISTERED TO BAPTIST HEALTH/BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COLLIDED WITH A FLOCK OF GEESE 6 MILES EAST OF FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS NEAR INTERSTATE 40, EXIT 247. THE ROTORCRAFT WAS OPERATED AT 1500 FEET AND 120 KNOTS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 AND THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 91 AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. THE PILOT RECEIVED FACIAL LACERATIONS REQUIRING STICHES AND HYPOTHERMIA. THE ROTORCRAFT RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 6 BIRD STRIKES FROM GEESE WHICH RESULTED IN PILOT’S AND COPILOT’S MAIN WINDSCREENS BROKEN, NOSE CONE BROKEN, PILOT’S CHIN BUBBLE BROKEN AND DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PART OF THE ENGINE NACELLE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ELVIS PRESLEY MEDICAL CENTER IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AND THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS THE BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.