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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2 · Crane, MO · February 27, 2012

Date
February 27, 2012 · 21:50 local
Place
Crane, MO
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HDNA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N135LL
Reported as
Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 P2
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206B series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,700 total400 in this make and model50 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 in cruise flight at night struck bird. Winshield broken.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT NIGHT STRUCK BIRD. WINSHIELD BROKEN.