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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 T2+ · Nashvville, TN · February 4, 2015

Date
February 4, 2015 · 12:50 local
Place
Nashvville, TN
Airport
John C. Tune
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
QMLA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N105VU
Reported as
Eurocopter Deutschland EC 135 T2+
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIUS-2B2
People aboard
4
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.

Patient transfer enroute from clarksville gateway medical center to nashville university hospital vanderbilt at approximately 5 miles north of kjwn at 1800 MSL and approximately 120 KTS experienced a bird strike on left top side of canopy. Left top side of canopy broke out. Diverted to kjwn.

As the FAA filed it

PATIENT TRANSFER ENROUTE FROM CLARKSVILLE GATEWAY MEDICAL CENTER TO NASHVILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL VANDERBILT AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH OF KJWN AT 1800 MSL AND APPROXIMATELY 120 KTS EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE ON LEFT TOP SIDE OF CANOPY. LEFT TOP SIDE OF CANOPY BROKE OUT. DIVERTED TO KJWN.