Saturday, December 14, 2019

Eurocopter EC-120B Colibri, N820PM: Incident occurred December 12, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; San Antonio

Rotorcraft struck a bird.


San Antonio Police Department https://registry.faa.gov/N820PM


Date: 12-DEC-19
Time: 03:30:00Z
Regis#: N820PM POL1
Rotorcraft: Eurocopter EC-120B Colibri
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PUBLIC USE
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
City: SAN ANTONIO
State: TEXAS




SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — A San Antonio Police Department helicopter had to make an emergency landing on the north side last night.

The chopper was on a call when a bird flew into the windshield.

The pilots radioed in that they would have to land right away and the touched down safely at San Antonio Christian Academy on Redland Road.

The helicopter was trucked away for repairs a short time later.

Original article can be found here ➤ https://www.ktsa.com

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