# Incident 20100404032609I: Eurocopter EC 130 B4, Boulder City, NV, April 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2010, 12:15 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PG9A
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152GC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N152GC) (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: EUROCOPTER EC 130 B4
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 2B1
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,937 total, 137 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100404032609I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 PST ON ROUTE TO THE GRAND CANYON 1/2 MILE EAST OF INDIAN PASS AT 3800 FEET MSL, HELICOPTER ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE. BIRD ENTERED THE CABIN THROUGH THE LEFT WINDSCREEN AND CAME TO REST BEHIND THE FRONT MIDDLE SEAT (SEAT #1). PILOT LOWERED COLLECTIVE AND APPLIED AFT CYCLIC, WHILE ASSESSING DAMAGE TO WINDSCREEN, WINDSCREEN WAS STABLE. PILOT ASKED IF PASSENGERS WERE INJURED, ALL REPLIED THEY WERE OKAY. AIRSPEED AT THIS TIME WAS 60 KIAS. PILOT CALLED BOULDER BASE INFORMING BASE OF INCIDENT, BASE INSTRUCTED PILOT TO LAND HELICOPTER IN THE DESERT. PILOT FOUND SAFE LANDING AREA APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES EAST OF WILSON'S PEAK AND CONDUCTED A STANDARD OFF-AIRPORT CONFINED LANDING.

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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