30.0424° N, 90.0282° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 24, 1978 · 08:50 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
Lakefront
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N371BG
Reported as
Gulstm G159
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,915 total469 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Just after rotation flight flew through a large flock of sea gulls, hitting seceral. Flight continued to destination
As the FAA filed it
JUST AFTER ROTATION FLIGHT FLEW THROUGH A LARGE FLOCK OF SEA GULLS, HITTING SECERAL.FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION