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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcrafk L2CTCRAFT · Jacksonville, FL · November 13, 1994

Date: November 13, 1994 · 17:05 local
Place: Jacksonville, FL
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N36406
Reported as: Tcrafk L2CTCRAFT
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total275 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N36406Registered now · Taylorcraft DCO-65S/N 4147 · Built 1942 Airframe modelTaylorcraft DCO-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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.

Struck seagull in flight. Lost partial power. Precaution landing on beach. Hand impacted air filter. Blocked air.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK SEAGULL IN FLIGHT. LOST PARTIAL POWER. PRECAUTION LANDING ON BEACH. HAND IMPACTED AIR FILTER. BLOCKED AIR.