FAA incident report · Bell 430 · San Antonio, TX · November 22, 2009
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.
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During cruise flight at 3,000 MSL, helicopter struck turkey vulcher in the vicinity of the wire strike protection system.
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 3,000 MSL, HELICOPTER STRUCK TURKEY VULCHER IN THE VICINITY OF THE WIRE STRIKE PROTECTION SYSTEM.