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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Deland, FL · March 27, 2015

Date
March 27, 2015 · 01:00 local
Place
Deland, FL
Airport
Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N803DS
Reported as
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
People aboard
2
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.

While on patrol volusia county sheriff?s department two miles south of the Deland airport, received a bird strike to the co-pilot chin bubble window which damage the window only no other damage received during the incident. The aircraft safely landed at Deland airport where it is base out of. No injuries reported from the crew on board during the incident. This matter is closed and no corrective action required .

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON PATROL VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPARTMENT TWO MILES SOUTH OF THE DELAND AIRPORT, RECEIVED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE CO-PILOT CHIN BUBBLE WINDOW WHICH DAMAGE THE WINDOW ONLY NO OTHER DAMAGE RECEIVED DURING THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY LANDED AT DELAND AIRPORT WHERE IT IS BASE OUT OF. NO INJURIES REPORTED FROM THE CREW ON BOARD DURING THE INCIDENT. THIS MATTER IS CLOSED AND NO CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIRED .