# Incident 20231018020369I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4, Kenosha, WI, October 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2023, 11:20 local time
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Airport: Kenosha Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5961° N, 87.9273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENOSHA RGNL (ENW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5961&lon=-87.9273&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13NN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13NN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 206L-4 (registry code 1181455, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-206l-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C30P (registry code 54013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c30p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 206L-4
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C30P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231018020369I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NON-MOVEMENT AREA AT THE KENOSHA REGIONAL AIRPORT (KENW) KENOSHA, WI FOR A SOUTH DEPARTURE. AT APPRPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT IN CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD. THE BIRD HAD GONE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY LANDED IN A FIELD 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINDED FOR PILOT OR THE ONE PASSENGER. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER WAS THE FIBERGLASS WINDSHIELD SHATTERED BY THE IMPACT OF THE BIRD.

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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