19791004050689I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402CESSNA · Dallas, TX · October 4, 1979

Date
October 4, 1979 · 02:30 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Redbird
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1402G
Reported as
Cessna 402CESSNA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,800 total175 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.

Struck two ducks in flight. One came through the left windshield, the other entered the left engine nacelle.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TWO DUCKS IN FLIGHT. ONE CAME THROUGH THE LEFT WINDSHIELD, THE OTHER ENTERED THE LEFT ENGINE NACELLE.