# Accident 20061020029499A: Cessna 210E, Friday Harbor, WA, October 20, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport: Friday Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5219° N, 123.0244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5219&lon=-123.0244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4942U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4942U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 161 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061020029499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 17:30 LOCAL TIME AT FRIDAY HARBOR, WASHINGTON AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT CESSNA 210E, N4942U BEGAN A TAKEOFF DOWN RUNWAY 16. JUST AFTER WHEELS LEFT THE GROUND, AT ABOUT 300 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN EAGLE AT ABOUT 1 FOOT INBOARD ON THE RIGHT WING. THE PILOT REALIZED HE HAD HIT SOMETHING, CONTINUED TO GAIN ALTITUDE, CIRCLED TO THE RIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO A PARKING AREA WHERE THE PILOT FOUND THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TO BE EXTENSIVE. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT THE MISHAP AT THIS TIME.

## 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 SEA07CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA015), Oct 21, 2006: Cessna 210E (N4942U), Friday Harbor, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird during takeoff.

## Other reports on N4942U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840507027699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840507027699I), May 7, 1984: Cessna 210E (N4942U), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Student inadvertently retracted the gear on the runway during a touch and go. CFI was unable to prevent the action.
- [Incident 19830113005329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830113005329I), Jan 13, 1983: Cessna 210E (N4942U), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Unsafe landing gear indication. Nose gear collapsed on turn off from runway. Ball check left out of uplock.

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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