# Incident 20250225013009I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Tulsa, OK, February 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2025, 20:41 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: M3XA
- Location: 36.1984° N, 95.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA INTL (TUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1984&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242MT) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,686 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250225013009I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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