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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Craig, CO · October 14, 2018

Date
October 14, 2018 · 13:15 local
Place
Craig, CO
Airport
Craig
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JAPA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N407ZM
Reported as
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total300 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

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.

Japa crew/pilot was responding to a scene call. While making the approach the aircraft struck a tree. Pilot used the medical crew to assist clearing the aircraft of obstacles. The pilot stated he could not have seen the tree due to structural illusion. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

JAPA CREW/PILOT WAS RESPONDING TO A SCENE CALL. WHILE MAKING THE APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE. PILOT USED THE MEDICAL CREW TO ASSIST CLEARING THE AIRCRAFT OF OBSTACLES. THE PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT HAVE SEEN THE TREE DUE TO STRUCTURAL ILLUSION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.