# Incident 20100320029919I: Eurocopter EC 135 T2+, Durham, NC, March 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2010, 19:21 local time
- Place: Durham, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 35.9940° N, 78.8986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durham, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9940&lon=-78.8986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N135DU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER EC 135 T2+
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIUS 2B2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,260 total, 410 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100320029919I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO ASSIGNED BASE FROM HOSPITAL AND WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2500 FEET AND 120 KNOTS. LOUD REPORT WAS HEARD BY FLIGHT CREW AND PILOT INITIALLY THOUGHT HE HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE. AFTER DETERMINING HIS ENGINE WAS OPERATING HE WAS INFORMED BY CREWMEMBER IN LEFT FRONT SEAT THAT THERE WAS A SOFTBALL SIZED HOLE IN THE WINDSCREEN. DETERMINATION WAS MADE TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO BASE. AFTER LANDING WINDSCREEN DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED BY PILOT.

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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