# Incident 19781224020899I: Gulstm G159, New Orleans, LA, December 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1978, 08:50 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N371BG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G159
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,915 total, 469 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781224020899I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

JUST AFTER ROTATION FLIGHT FLEW THROUGH A LARGE FLOCK OF SEA GULLS, HITTING SECERAL.FLIGHT CONTINUED TO DESTINATION

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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