# Incident 20060413011269I: Beech 400A, Teterboro, NJ, April 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B7PA
- Location: 40.8501° N, 74.0608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TETERBORO (TEB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8501&lon=-74.0608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311HS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060413011269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON ARRIVAL TO KTEB, A/C WAS ON DESCENT 7 NM NORTH OF WANES INTXN WHEN THE CREW HEARD A BIRD STRIKE THE NOSE AREA OF THE A/C. HANDLING OF THE A/C WAS NOT EFFECTED. THE CREW STATED THEY CONDUCTED A NORMAL ARRIVAL AND LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT DETERMINED THAT PROBABLY A "FALCON" IMPACTED THE RIGHT UPPER NOSE AREA, DAMAGING THE AFT PART OF THE NOSE RAYDOME AND SKIN OVER THE AVIONICS COMPARTMENT. BIRD ENTERED THE COMPARTMENT. (THIS EVENT WAS CALLED INTO THE FSDO BY A MAINT. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY) (BIRD STRIKE REPORT FORM SENT TO THE CAPT)

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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