41.8500° N, 87.6501° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 22, 1982 · 11:20 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Merrill C. Meigs
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46WD
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A41
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,200 total1,600 in this make and model130 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.
Flew through a flock of seagulls on landing approach. Two gulls struck and dented the right wing.
As the FAA filed it
FLEW THROUGH A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS ON LANDING APPROACH. TWO GULLS STRUCK AND DENTED THE RIGHT WING.