# Incident 20070713011969I: Beech 1900C, Fairbanks, AK, July 13, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2007, 08:02 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FFSA
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N575Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070713011969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N575Z, BEECH 1900C, S/N UC-136, DEPARTED FAI AT 0802 ADT INITIALLY HEADED FOR GAL AS FRONTIER FLT #580. THE FLIGHT FLOWN BY CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND FO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE CLIMB THROUGH 1,000 AGL WHEN THEY HIT A BIRD BELIEVED TO BE A "DUCK." THEY RETURNED TO FAI, BACK INTO THE GATE AT 0819 ADT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND CLEANED UP THE MESS. THE BIRD IMPACTED THE COPILOT'S WINDSHIELD I.E. RIGHT SIDE. AFTER CLEANING, THE IMPACT SITE WAS INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE. NO APPARENT DAMAGE, NO CRACKS, NO DAMAGE TO THE WINDSHIELD OR ELSEWHERE ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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