# Incident 19970228001929I: Beech 1900C, Charleston, SC, February 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1997, 22:27 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb-International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 32.8986° N, 80.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8986&lon=-80.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N166GL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N166GL-2008-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970228001929I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN LARGE BIRD STRUCK WINDSHIELD CAUSING SHATTERED GLASS TO HIT COPILOT IN FACE. LANDED SAFELY. (-23) A LARGE BIRD SHATTERED THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD ON A 10 MILE FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 21 IN CHS. FIRST OFFICER RECEIVED MINOR ABRASIONS FROM GLASS AND NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION TO WASH GLASS FRAGMENTS FROM EYES. NO PERMANENT PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO FIRST OFFICER.

## Other reports on N166GL (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960722027719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960722027719I), Jul 22, 1996: Beech 1900C (N166GL), Columbia, SC. Narrative: during taxi for takeoff the left engine fire warning light came on. The crew secured the left engine and the light went out. One of the passengers…
- [Incident 19930611023649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930611023649I), Jun 11, 1993: Beech 1900C (N166GL), Fergus Falls, MN. Low oil pressure on right engine. Shut engine down. Returned. Carbon contaminant had blocked oil screen.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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