# Incident 20100914045769I: Bell 407, Nogales, AZ, September 14, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2010, 16:45 local time
- Place: Nogales, AZ
- Airport: Nogales International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 31.4177° N, 110.8479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NOGALES INTL (OLS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4177&lon=-110.8479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N467PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N467PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100914045769I

## Narrative

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

ON 9-14-2010 AT 1645 N467PH WAS FLYING AT 1000' AGL, 135 KNOTS GS WHEN A VULTURE STRUCK AND SHATTERED THE RIGHTSIDE WINDSCREEN.  THE VULTURE THEN STRUCK THE AFT PORTION OF THE PILOT'S INSTRUMENT PANEL. IT THEN STRUCK THE PILOT IN THE CHEST BEFORE ENDING UP AT THE PILOT'S FEET.  THE PILOT THEN FLEW THE HELICOPTER TO NOGALES AIRPORT WHICH WAS JUST THREE MILES TO THE WEST OF THE INCIDENT AND LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N467PH (1)

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

- [Accident 19970918027589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970918027589A), Sep 18, 1997: Bell 407 (N467PH), Venice, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot heard a loud bang,aircraft yawed to the right, nosed down. Crashed in water, deployed emergency float. (-23) on September 18, 1997, a Bell, model…

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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