# Incident 20100410031199I: Bell 407, Greenville, SC, April 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2010, 14:39 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Airport: Donaldson Center
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M3XA
- Location: 34.8369° N, 82.3630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8369&lon=-82.3630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N407CR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N407CR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47 series (registry code 03029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,588 total, 810 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/20100410031199I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO PICK UP PATIENT. APPROXIMATLEY 4 MILES SE OF GYH STRUCK A RED TAIL HAWK. BIRD WENT THROUGH WINDSCREEN AND LANDED IN CREWMEMBER'S LAP IN BACK SEAT. NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N407CR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150117000859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150117000859I), Jan 17, 2015: Bell 407 (N407CR), Greenville, SC, Minor damage. The pilot reported during the flight that he and the crew had just been called back to their heliport/base to refuel after an air ambulance standby request had…

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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