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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Tulsa, OK · February 25, 2025

Date
February 25, 2025 · 20:41 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Airport
Tulsa International
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
M3XA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N242MT
Reported as
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,686 total

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 February 25, 2025 at approximately 2040 local, while initiating a descent to begin an approach, the aircraft struck a bird on the left windscreen. The bird broke through the windscreen causing minor damage to the aircraft exterior and interior. There were no injuries to the three crewmembers or single passenger. The aircraft then landed at Tulsa International Airport without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 25, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 2040 LOCAL, WHILE INITIATING A DESCENT TO BEGIN AN APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD ON THE LEFT WINDSCREEN. THE BIRD BROKE THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE THREE CREWMEMBERS OR SINGLE PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED AT TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.