# Incident 20021230034089I: Cessna 208B, Sacramento, CA, December 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2002, 07:33 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AWHA
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N763FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N763FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021230034089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STRUCK AN UNKNOWN TYPE BIRD WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING RUNWAY 16R AT SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WEATHER WAS, WIND 120 AT 20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 KTS, 10 VISIBILITY, 4,000 BROKEN CEILING. DAMAGE WAS TO THE LEFT HAND WING LEADING EDGE, ONLY ONE IMPACT POINT. LEADING EDGE SKIN, NOSE RIB AND POSSIBLE BOOT DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

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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