# Incident 20070814018429I: Beech E90, Santa Maria, CA, August 14, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2007, 14:17 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8999° N, 120.4581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MARIA PUB/CAPT G ALLAN HANCOCK FLD (SMX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8999&lon=-120.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-28 series (registry code 52142, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070814018429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT STRUCK BIRD DURING TAKEOFF. RETURNED TO FIELD FOR INSPECTION OF DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT FLOWN TO VICTORVILLE FOR REPAIRS.

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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