Bird strike, penetrating the windshield, which shattered – causing only minor injury to the front-seat passenger.  Note – wrongly reported elsewhere as N410TD.  N409TD confirmed by FAA report and this news story which refers to the ATC call “zero nine tango delta”.  pilot made an emergency landing at the West 30th St. HP

Date:

3 October, 2014

Reg:

N409TD

Make:

Bell

Model:

B407

MSN:

53705

Location:

New York

Country:

US-New York

Civil / Military:

Civil

Operator:

Helicopter-Flight-Services

Link:

http://www.asias.faa.gov/pls/apex/f?p=100:96:::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:06-OCT-14,BELL

Link:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bird-strike-forces-helicopter-emergency-landing-article-1.1962765