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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D55 · Milwaukee, WI · September 24, 1986

Date
September 24, 1986 · 23:30 local
Place
Milwaukee, WI
Airport
General Mitchell Field
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MAXA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8470N
Reported as
Beech D55
Reported engine
Continental IO520C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total330 in this make and model280 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.

Large thump with vibration on takeoff. Landed on remaining runway. Bird strike with damage to left prop spinner.

As the FAA filed it

LARGE THUMP WITH VIBRATION ON TAKEOFF. LANDED ON REMAINING RUNWAY. BIRD STRIKE WITH DAMAGE TO LEFT PROP SPINNER.