19791018052989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310Q · Wheeling, IL · October 18, 1979

Date: October 18, 1979 · 10:45 local
Place: Wheeling, IL
Airport: Palwaukee
Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: PAS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1242G
Reported as: Cessna 310Q
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,600 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1242GRegistered now · Cessna 310QS/N 310Q1093 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 310Q Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Flight struck a duck flying in IFR conditions. The duck penetrated the windshield.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT STRUCK A DUCK FLYING IN IFR CONDITIONS. THE DUCK PENETRATED THE WINDSHIELD.