# Incident 20150327002869I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Deland, FL, March 27, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2015, 01:00 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N803DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N803DS) (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 HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150327002869I

## Narrative

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

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 .

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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