# Incident 20050407005889I: Pilats PC1245, Orlando, FL, April 7, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2005, 18:10 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N417AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N417AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090051, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050407005889I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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