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The pilot of a eurocopter elected to return to base following a bird strike that resulted in a fractured nose between the windshield and chin bubble.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1090161 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201305 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Eurocopter AS 350/355/EC130 - Astar/Twinstar/Ecureuil |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal |
Narrative:
Enroute at night under goggles with landing light on a bird struck the nose and entered the cabin through the hole. It broke the nose in between the windshield and chin bubble. We were about seven miles south of the base so we returned to the base without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The pilot of a Eurocopter elected to return to base following a bird strike that resulted in a fractured nose between the windshield and chin bubble.
Narrative: Enroute at night under goggles with landing light on a bird struck the nose and entered the cabin through the hole. It broke the nose in between the windshield and chin bubble. We were about seven miles south of the base so we returned to the base without further incident.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.