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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 411 · Kodiak, AK · September 1, 1981

Date
September 1, 1981 · 13:00 local
Place
Kodiak, AK
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4993T
Reported as
Cessna 411
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total250 in this make and model300 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.

Bird struck windshield in level flight. Hit the forward bulkhead. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

BIRD STRUCK WINDSHIELD IN LEVEL FLIGHT. HIT THE FORWARD BULKHEAD. MINOR DAMAGE.