# Incident 20100804041269I: Bell Helico 407, San Luis, CO, August 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2010, 18:00 local time
- Place: San Luis, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2024° N, 105.4225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Luis, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2024&lon=-105.4225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921ES, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N921ES-2013-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (registry code 1182154, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C47B (registry code 54585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICO 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total, 110 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100804041269I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED RATON, NM (KRTN) AND LANDED AIRCRAFT IN A CONFINED AREA AT HIS RESIDENCE IN SAN LUIS, CO.  AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTOR CONTACTED SMALL TREE IN THE VICINITY OF PARKING PAD, RESULTING IN MINOR TRAILING EDGE 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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