# Incident 20200609006139I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Houma, LA, June 9, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2020, 08:40 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N445PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N445PH) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200609006139I

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER WAS FERRYING PIPELINE TEAM APPROXMENTLY 3 MILES SE OF HOUMA AIRPORT WHEN IT INGESTED A SMALL BIRD INTO THE ENGINE.

THE PILOT REPORTED A LOUD WHINE BUT NO OTHER ABNORMAL INDICATIONS.

ACFT LANDED AT THE HOUMA AIRPORT AND AFTER INSPECTION DAMAGE WAS NOTICED IN ENGINE INLET.

AN ENGINE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AND FOUND NO DAMAGE TO INLET BLADES.  ENGINE WAS REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION.

NO OTHER SIGNS OF DAMAGE WERE REPORTED.

ENGINE POST REMOVAL INSPECTION REVEALED ONE BENT COMPRESSOR BLADE.

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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