# SDR QMLA09031909010

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 19, 2009
- Submitted: March 24, 2009
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N877CR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N877CR), registered now
- Make and model: Urocop EC135T2
- Registry model: [Urocop EC135T2](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec135t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 0625
- Aircraft time: 416 hours, 1,483 cycles
- System (JASC): [5610 · Flight Compartment Windows](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5610)
- Part: Windshield
- Part number: L561M10X200
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Cockpit
- Part time: 416 hours
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: C
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA09031909010

## Discrepancy

AT APPROX 1300 HOURS, THE ACFT HIT A BIRD THAT PUT A LARGE HOLE IN THE RT  WINDSCREEN. THE BIRD ENTERED THE COCKPIT STRIKING THE PILOT ON HIS RT SHOULDER. PILOT WAS WEARING A HELMET WITH FACE SHIELD LOWERED. UPON THE POST FLIGHT INSP, FOUND THAT THE RT ENDPLATE (ATTACHED TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER) HAD A NICK ON THE L/E ABOUT THE SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR. FURTHERMORE, ONE OF THE ROTOR BLADES RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE L/E AND A SCRAPE APPROX 4 TO 5 INCHES LONG, THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM FLYING PLEXIGLASS.

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