# Incident 20221201018829I: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II, West Harrison, NY, December 1, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2022, 18:18 local time
- Place: West Harrison, NY
- Airport: Westchester County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: W1ZA
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N175RV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N175RV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robinson Helicopter R44 II (registry code 7640122, https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r44-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 327 total, 174 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221201018829I

## Narrative

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

01 DEC 2022 @ 1818EST / 2318Z HELICOPTER ON APPROACH TO LAND AT KHPN APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MILES SW OF AIRPORT FLYING AT 75 KNOTS AT 750FT USING THE SIERRA ROUTE APPROACH STRUCK A BIRD. BIRD DID PENETRATE THE HELICOPTER WINDSCREEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH BIRD SCAT STRIKING THE PIC IN THE FACE. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND SUCESSFULLY LANDED AT HPN INTERSECTION OF TWY C AND TWY K WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HPN AIRPORT EMS DID RESPOND. PILOT REPORTS MINOR CUT TO NOSE, BRUISE NEAR LEFT EYE. PILOT WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.HELICOPTER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELOCATED TO HOME FBO AT HPN.

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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