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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 206L-3 · Tulsa, OK · February 15, 2011

Date
February 15, 2011 · 14:00 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EVCA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N285AE
Reported as
Bell 206L-3
Reported engine
Allison 250-C30 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft struck by bird on vertical fin. Pilot performed precautionary landing in field.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK BY BIRD ON VERTICAL FIN.PILOT PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN FIELD.