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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilats PC-12/45 · Orlando, FL · April 7, 2005

Date: April 7, 2005 · 18:10 local
Place: Orlando, FL
Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N417AR
Reported as: Pilats PC1245
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total50 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N417ARRegistered now · Pilatus PC-12/45S/N 611 Airframe modelPilatus PC-12/45 Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On April 7, 2005 at approximately 1810 an aircraft on approach to the Orlando Executive Airport (orl) runway 25, when at approximately 50' a flock of birds that were sitting in the grass towards the right of the runway, launched in the air and impacted the aircraft. The aircraft landed without further incident. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the leading edge de-ice boots.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 7, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 AN AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH TO THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (ORL) RUNWAY 25, WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 50' A FLOCK OF BIRDS THAT WERE SITTING IN THE GRASS TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, LAUNCHED IN THE AIR AND IMPACTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE DE-ICE BOOTS.