# Incident 20090117000769I: Snias AS350B2, Forrest City, AR, January 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2009, 18:15 local time
- Place: Forrest City, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HDNA
- Location: 35.0136° N, 90.7932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Forrest City, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0136&lon=-90.7932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350BH-2018-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ECUREUIL (registry code 8680951, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-as-350-b2-ecureuil) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNIAS AS350B2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 125 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090117000769I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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