What was found
BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT, CAUSED 8" CRACK TO COMPOSITE NOSE AREA OF ACFT ON PILOT SIDE BETWEEN PILOT WINDSHIELD AND CENTER WINDSHIELD.
- Difficulty date
- January 14, 2013
- Submitted
- January 21, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N388AM
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 7257
- Aircraft time
- 442 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- Engine time
- 442 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5610 · Flight Compartment Windows
- Part
- Windshield
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Cockpit
- Part time
- 442 hours, 1,285 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.