# Incident 20090810014599I: Urocop EC130B4, Boulder City, NV, August 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M7KA
- Location: 35.9786° N, 114.8325° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulder City, NV, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9786&lon=-114.8325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N862MH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N862MH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter EC 130 B4 (registry code 8680989, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-ec-130-b4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIEL-2B1 (registry code 60056, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arriel-2b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UROCOP EC130B4
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,971 total, 191 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090810014599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE HELICOPTER DEPARTED MCCARRAN AIRPORT (LAS) ON 8/10/2009 ABOUT 17:00 ON A PART 135 GRAND CANYON AIR TOUR.  THE PILOT WAS FLYING EASTBOUND AT 3,500 FEET MLS OVER THE RIVER MOUNTAINS NEAR THE LAKE MEADE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, WHEN A BIRD APPEARED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE BIRD CONTACTED THE LEFT FRONT PORTION OF THE WINDSCREEN, BREAKING A HOLE IN THE WINDSCREEN, AND THE BIRD CARCASS ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A DESCENT AND MADE A LANDING ON A PAVED BIKE TRAIN IN THE LAKE MEADE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR FACIAL LACERATIONS, NONE OF THE SIX PASSENGERS WERE INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD A BROKEN WINDSCREEN AND NO OTHER DAMAGE.

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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