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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 500B · Springfield, MO · April 7, 1998

Date: April 7, 1998 · 23:30 local
Place: Springfield, MO
Airport: Springfield Regional
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ZJWA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N477CC
Reported as: Gulstm 500B
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total5,200 in this make and model219 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.

Narrative: pilot in command of N477CC was at cruise speed at 4000' MSL on a flight from cps to sgf, when the aircraft collided with a bird, which broke the windshield on the pilots side and caused minor injuries to the PIC. Aircraft landed at the intended destination without further incident. Minor damage and minor injury to the PIC, who was the sole occupant. This incident #CE98IGO0051, is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT IN COMMAND OF N477CC WAS AT CRUISE SPEED AT 4000' MSL ON A FLIGHT FROM CPS TO SGF, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A BIRD, WHICH BROKE THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PILOTS SIDE AND CAUSED MINOR INJURIES TO THE PIC. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT THE INTENDED DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MINOR DAMAGE AND MINOR INJURY TO THE PIC, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. THIS INCIDENT #CE98IGO0051, IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.