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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2 · Salt Lake City, UT · May 24, 2013

Date
May 24, 2013 · 18:30 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
QMLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N45UH
Reported as
Eurocopter Deutschland MBB-BK 117 C-2
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL-1E2
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,400 total57 in this make and model32 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.

While enroute from slc to a landing location along I-80 to pick up a patient, the aircraft struck a bird (seagull). The bird went through the left front windscreen and was deflected upward, across to the right side of the cockpit, went past the pilot and into the rear cabin. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the left windscreen and did not extend to any structure.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ENROUTE FROM SLC TO A LANDING LOCATION ALONG I-80 TO PICK UP A PATIENT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD (SEAGULL). THE BIRD WENT THROUGH THE LEFT FRONT WINDSCREEN AND WAS DEFLECTED UPWARD, ACROSS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COCKPIT, WENT PAST THE PILOT AND INTO THE REAR CABIN. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LEFT WINDSCREEN AND DID NOT EXTEND TO ANY STRUCTURE.