# Incident 20181014020239I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Craig, CO, October 14, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2018, 13:15 local time
- Place: Craig, CO
- Airport: Craig
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JAPA
- Location: 40.5242° N, 107.5556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRAIG (CO21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5242&lon=-107.5556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N407ZM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N407ZM) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 300 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181014020239I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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