# Incident 20060507011609I: Cessna 501, Daytona Beach, FL, May 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2006, 15:29 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700JA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,070 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060507011609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DEPARTURE AND CLIMBOUT FROM RUNWAY 25R AT DAYTONA BEACH INT'L AIRPORT, N700JA STRUCK A SINGLE LARGE BIRD 3 NM WEST OF THE AIRPORT AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT MSL. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE-FT SECTION OF UPPER LEADING EDGE OF LEFT WING. AIRCRAFT PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BACK AT DAB, LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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