# Incident 20191107016959I: Bell 407, Chesterfield, MO, November 7, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2019, 20:15 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-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 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191107016959I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 7TH AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15PM CENTRAL TIME, HELICOPTER N634AE, BELL BHT407-407 OPERATING UNDER PART 91 WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 6 NM EAST OF SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT, CHESTERFIELD, MO (KSUS) WITH 3 PASSENGERS. HE WAS INBOUND AND CLEARED TO ENTER THE CLASS D AT KSUS WHEN A BIRD STRUCK THE PILOT SIDE WINDSHIELD AND FLEW INTO THE AIRCRAFT. HE LOST COMMS AND SQUAWKED 7700. HE CONTINUED INBOUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HIS HANDS AND FACE SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS.

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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