An airport worker at cxp reported a midair collision between a helicopter and a drone.

Attributes
ACN	1561264
Time
Date	201807
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CXP.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Eurocopter AS 350/355/EC130 - Astar/Twinstar/Ecureuil
Operating Under FAR Part	Other Unknown
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Airport Personnel
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Object
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Aircraft X; (AS350) eurocopter experienced a drone strike approximately 1 nm south of cxp. Altitude unknown. Pilot in command (PIC) reported thought it was a bird strike; but did not find evidence of bird. Reported sound of an object striking the aircraft and subsequent vibration in tail section. PIC made an immediate landing on the cxp south ramp. Follow-up inspection by company mechanic reported bent trim tab and located dings on fuselage where object struck the aircraft. Repair conducted over next two days. Aircraft departed cxp after two days. FAA FSDO (rno) notified on morning after two days. I was instructed to contact carson city sheriff's office and request deputy to take a police report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An airport worker at CXP reported a midair collision between a helicopter and a drone.

Narrative: Aircraft X; (AS350) Eurocopter experienced a drone strike approximately 1 nm south of CXP. Altitude unknown. Pilot in command (PIC) reported thought it was a bird strike; but did not find evidence of bird. Reported sound of an object striking the aircraft and subsequent vibration in tail section. PIC made an immediate landing on the CXP south ramp. Follow-up inspection by company mechanic reported bent trim tab and located dings on fuselage where object struck the aircraft. Repair conducted over next two days. Aircraft departed CXP after two days. FAA FSDO (RNO) notified on morning after two days. I was instructed to contact Carson City Sheriff's Office and request deputy to take a police report.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.