# Incident 20040709020349I: Bnorm BN2A20, Put In Bay, OH, July 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2004, 09:32 local time
- Place: Put In Bay, OH
- Airport: Put In Bay Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DSFA
- Location: 41.6367° N, 82.8283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUT IN BAY (3W2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6367&lon=-82.8283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N443S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040709020349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1445 LOCAL TIME CLE FSDO NOTIFIED OF INCIDENT AT PUT-IN-BAY THAT HAPPENED IN MORNING OF JULY 9, 2004. A BN-2 ISLANDER N443S DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 FOR MIDDLE BASS AT 0928 EDT. AT 0932 IN CRUISE A BIRD STRUCK AND CRASHED THROUGH THE PILOT WINDSHIELD. GLASS AND THE BIRD STRUCK THE PILOT IN THE FACE. THE PILOT, HARRY THOMAS GRIFFING, CERT. NO 276869274, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, LACERATIONS, AND WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO FIRELAND MEDICAL CENTER IN SANDUSKY WHERE HE RECEIVED SUTURES AND WAS RELEASED. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. A COMPANY EMPLOYEE OF GRIFFING FLYING SERVICE WAS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AS A PASSENGER. ^PRIVACY DATA O^ BACKED UP THE PILOT FOR EMERGENCY LANDING AT PUT-IN-BAY. THE 135 FLIGHT HAD 685 POUNDS OF MAIL ON BOARD. FSS WAS NOTIFIED AND FAA BIRD STRIKE FORM 5200-7 AND INCIDENT NOTIFICATION FORM 8020-9 FILED. WINDSHIELD TO BE REPLACED ON TUESDAY. AIRPLANE IS STILL ON SOUTH BASS. INITIAL FAA NOTIFICATION WAS TO JOSE BY RCC. HIGHWAY PATROL FROM SANDUSKY RESPONDED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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