# Accident 20050910025809A: Israel 1124, New Braunfels, TX, September 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2005, 04:05 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BN5A
- Location: 29.7044° N, 98.0422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7044&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N349MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N349MC-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 (registry code 4500102, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1124) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL 1124
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050910025809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2005, WESTWIND N349MC, OPERATED BY TAVAERO JET CHARTER, WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM BROWNSVILLE, TX TO NEW BRAUNFELS, TX, WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND. UPON LANDING AT NEW BRAUNFELS, AS THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A COYOTE ON RUNWAY 13. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY 13. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY, AND EVACUATED THE PASSENGERS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE COYOTE WAS KILLED BY THE IMPACT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW05CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA233), Sep 10, 2005: Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 (N349MC), New Braunfels, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's collision with a coyote during the landing roll. A contributing factor was the prevailing night conditions.

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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