# Incident 20111117028199I: Eurocopter Deutschland Gmbh EC 135 P2+, Jackson, MS, November 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2011, 19:11 local time
- Place: Jackson, MS
- Airport: Jackson-Everrett
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 32.2988° N, 90.1848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2988&lon=-90.1848&mi=10
- Aircraft: N389PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N389PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2+ (registry code 5620030, https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec-135-p2-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B2 (registry code 52288, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw206b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH EC 135 P2+
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW206B2
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111117028199I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/17/2011 AT ABOUT 0100Z, ABOUT 3 – 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KJAN, AN EC-135 (N389PH) EMS HELICOPTER STRUCK 2 OR MORE BIRDS.  THE EC-135 WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 90 KIAS AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 FEET AGL WHEN ONE OR MORE BIRDS STRUCK THE TOP OF THE RIGHT FRONT CANOPY IN FRONT OF THE PILOT. THE RIGHT CANOPY WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OUT.  BIRD DEBRIS WAS CONCENTRATED ON THE TOP LEFT CENTER POST AND IN THE REAR OF THE CENTER CONSOL IN THE FLIGHT DECK. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS FACE AND LEFT ARM.  NO OTHER INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS THE RIGHT FRONT CANOPY AND THERE WERE SOME SMALL GOUGES IN TWO OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES.  THERE WERE 5 SOULS ON BOARD THE EMS HELICOPTER. THE EMS HELICOPTER WAS TRANSPORTING A BURN PATIENT FROM M24, GRIFFEN/WIGGENS MS TO THE CROSSGATES BURN CENTER IN BRANDON MS.  THE EMS HELICOPTER WAS CREWED BY THE PILOT AND TWO EMT PERSONNEL.  THE BURN PATIENT'S WIFE WAS RIDING AS A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT LEFT SEAT.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS STARTING A DECENT INTO THE BURN CENTER AND HAD JUST RAISED HIS VISOR TO LOWER HIS GOGGLES TO CHECK FOR OBSTACLES WHEN THE BIRDS HIT THE CANOPY AND CAME THROUGH INTO THE FLIGHT DECK.  HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD FLOWN PAST THE HOSPITAL AND SAW THE KJAN AIRPORT ABOUT 2-3 MILES AWAY. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT AT TAXIWAY A3.

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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