19831004066519I

Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC6300 · Yankton, SD · October 4, 1983

Date
October 4, 1983 · 12:34 local
Place
Yankton, SD
Airport
Changurney Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
TLAA
Aircraft
N177TA
Reported as
Dhav DHC6300
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A27
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total150 in this make and model171 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 into a flock of seagulls on short final. No damage except to birds.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS ON SHORT FINAL. NO DAMAGE EXCEPT TO BIRDS.