What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Struck a sea gull during approach to airport.
As the FAA filed it
STRUCK A SEA GULL DURING APPROACH TO AIRPORT.
FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Danbury, CT · October 18, 1986
- Date
- October 18, 1986 · 11:58 local
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Final Approach
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N6630V
- Reported as
- Blanca 1730A
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 2,600 total700 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days
N6630VRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 2020 · Bellanca 17-30AAirframe modelBellanca 17-30AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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.