20121216029179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 · Kissimmee, FL · December 16, 2012

Date
December 16, 2012 · 20:20 local
Place
Kissimmee, FL
Airport
Kissimmee Gateway
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HDNA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N145FH
Reported as
Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL-1SER
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

On December 16 2012 at approximately 2020 EDT a MBB-BK-117 C2, N145FH registered to Florida hospital medical center, operated by metro aviation, and piloted by privacy data omitted, sustained a bird strike from approximately 2 mallard ducks while on an emergency medical transport flight from Florida hospital, orlando, Florida to st. cloud hospital, st. cloud, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, the aircraft sustained minor damage.

The flight originated at Florida hospital, orlando, Florida at approximately 2007 pm on December 16, 2012.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 16 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 2020 EDT A MBB-BK-117 C2, N145FH REGISTERED TO FLORIDA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, OPERATED BY METRO AVIATION, AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE FROM APPROXIMATELY 2 MALLARD DUCKS WHILE ON AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT FLIGHT FROM FLORIDA HOSPITAL, ORLANDO, FLORIDA TO ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL, ST. CLOUD, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FLORIDA HOSPITAL, ORLANDO, FLORIDA AT APPROXIMATELY 2007 PM ON DECEMBER 16, 2012.