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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · MD Helicopters 369E · Chesterfield, MO · September 26, 2023

Date
September 26, 2023 · 19:20 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N911MU
Reported as
MD Helicopters 369E
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C20R/2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

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.

On 26 September 2023 the aircraft was inbound for ksus from the southwest approximately 4 miles out at 1500 MSL and 110 knots on a direct route. The aircraft was struck through the front windscreen by a large bird on the RH side of the aircraft. The aircraft had a large hole in the right top portion of the wind screen and the right “roof” section of the wind screen. Pieces of plexiglass were in the front and back of aircraft. The aircraft proceeded toward the field and continued inbound between the parallel runways to the “police pad” without any further incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2023 THE AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND FOR KSUS FROM THE SOUTHWEST APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES OUT AT 1500 MSL AND 110 KNOTS ON A DIRECT ROUTE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSCREEN BY A LARGE BIRD ON THE RH SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A LARGE HOLE IN THE RIGHT TOP PORTION OF THE WIND SCREEN AND THE RIGHT “ROOF” SECTION OF THE WIND SCREEN. PIECES OF PLEXIGLASS WERE IN THE FRONT AND BACK OF AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TOWARD THE FIELD AND CONTINUED INBOUND BETWEEN THE PARALLEL RUNWAYS TO THE “POLICE PAD” WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT.