# Incident 20240813009819I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Bullhead City, AZ, August 13, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2024, 15:54 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QMLA
- Location: 35.1546° N, 114.5593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD INTL (IFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1546&lon=-114.5593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N193AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N193AM) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,262 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240813009819I

## Narrative

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

(MEDIVAC) WAS INBOUND FROM THE SOUTHEAST FOR A FULL STOP ON THE RAMP. AFTER LANDING, PILOT STATED THEY HAD A BIRD STRIKE DURING APPROACH AT 2 MILES AND PROCEEDED INBOUND TO LAND ON THE RAMP AT THEIR OWN RISK. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE TOWER (GROUND-POWER DOOR AND "CHIN BUBBLE"/WINDSHIELD).

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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