# Incident 20040714034929I: Cessna 208B, Eagle Pass, TX, July 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2004, 07:15 local time
- Place: Eagle Pass, TX
- Airport: Maverick County Memorial International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MT9A
- Location: 28.8571° N, 100.5135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAVERICK COUNTY MEML INTL (5T9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8571&lon=-100.5135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9766B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9766B) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,816 total, 741 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040714034929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS IN THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT AT THE MAVERICK COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (5T9), WHEN HE NOITICED AN UNANNOUNCED PICKUP APPROACH THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND, THE PICKUP CONTINUED DIRECTLY TOWARD THE RUNWAY BEFORE TURNING TO PARALLEL AND PROCEEDING ON THE SHOULDER OUTSIDE OF THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS. THE PIC STATED HE STARTED A GO-AROUND AND SIMULTANEOUSLY TURNED RIGHT TO AVOID A FLOCK OF BIRDS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIS FLIGHT PATH. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRE STRUCK THE ROOF OF THE PICKUP DURING THE GO-AROUND MANEUVER. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED THE GO-AROUND AND RE-ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A LANDING. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES AND NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PICKUP ROOF WAS SUBSTANTIALLY CRUSHED AND THE BACK WINDOW GLASS WAS SHATTERED.

## Other reports on N9766B (1)

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

- [Incident 19881107061409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881107061409I), Nov 7, 1988: Cessna 208B (N9766B), Del Rio, TX, Minor damage. Struck a deer on takeoff roll. Aborted and returned to ramp. Damage to nose gear.

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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