# Incident 20141003017539I: Bell 407, Edgewater, NJ, October 3, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2014, 14:30 local time
- Place: Edgewater, NJ
- Airport: West 30th Street Heliport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H44J
- Location: 40.8246° N, 73.9738° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgewater, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8246&lon=-73.9738&mi=10
- Aircraft: N409TD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N409TD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (registry code 1182154, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C47B (registry code 54585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,408 total, 276 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141003017539I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK BIRD/S WHILE CONDUCTING NYC SIGHTSEEING TOUR.  AIRCRAFT WAS SOUTHBOUND ALONG WEST BANK OF HUDSON RIVER, AND UPON IMPACTING THE BIRD, DESCENDED/LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT WEST 30TH ST (JRA) HELIPORT, NEW YORK, NY.  BIRD PENETRATED WINDSHIELD CAUSING MINOR SCRATCHES TO ONE PASSENGER.

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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