42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 14, 1991 · 08:45 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N580
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total800 in this make and model100 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 strike on descent. Shattered pilots windshield. Landed safely.
As the FAA filed it
BIRD STRIKE ON DESCENT. SHATTERED PILOTS WINDSHIELD. LANDED SAFELY.