# Incident 19970309009309I: Beech B300, Santa Monica, CA, March 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1997
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3252V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970309009309I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 3/11/97, INFORMANT, LORENZO MARTINEZ, REPORTED BEECH KING AIR 300 HIT A LARGE BIRD ON TAKE OFF, DAMAGING LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OUTBOARD OF ENGINE NACELLE. REPAIR STATION REPLACED LEADING EDGE SKIN AND REPLACED RIB ASSEMBLY. THIS ITEM IS CLOSED.

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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