# Incident 20100825043719I: Bell 407, Kansas City, MO, August 25, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2010, 21:50 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720PH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,785 total, 270 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100825043719I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT AND CREW HAD JUST DEPARTED RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, TO RETURN TO THEIR BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI, BASE OF OPERATIONS.  AFTER ENTERING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2,100' MSL (APPROX. 1,000' AGL), THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WOOD DUCK ON THE PILOT'S WINDSCREEN CAUSING THE WINDSCREEN TO BREAK.  THE PILOT WAS LEANING TO HIS LEFT, ADJUSTING RADIOS, AND WAS NOT HIT BY THE DUCK. PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD IN LEE'S SUMMIT TO ASSESS 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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