# Incident 20171016020029I: Hughes 369D, Poomau Canyon, HI, October 16, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2017, 09:30 local time
- Place: Poomau Canyon, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 3M3A
- Aircraft: N514PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N514PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171016020029I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/16/2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 HAWAII STANDARD TIME A HELICOPTER OPERATED BY AIRBORNE AVIATION INC., WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 4200 FT. AGL ON APPROACH TO THE NASA SITE JUST ON THE NORTHEAST END OF POOMAU CANYON, KAUAI AND STRUCK A BIRD ON THE PILOT'S UPPER WINDSCREEN, CAUSING THE WINDSCREEN TO SHATTER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE HELICOPTER AT THE NASA SITE APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE LATER UNEVENTFULLY AND WAS NOT INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT. THE ONLY DAMAGED THAT OCCURRED TO THE HELICOPTER WAS THE SHATTERED PILOT?S WINDSCREEN.

AIRBORNE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT REPLACED THE DAMAGED PILOT'S WINDSCREEN ON LOCATION AT THE NASA SITE.

## Other reports on N514PA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180508004969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180508004969I), May 8, 2018: Hughes 369D (N514PA), Lihue, HI, Minor damage. N514PA was in the wainaha area assisting in trash removal. The helicopter had departed from Lihue Airport at an estimated time of 9 am for the wainaha area.…

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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