# Accident 20080304847819A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Oklahoma City, OK, March 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2008, 15:15 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HFXA
- Location: 35.4722° N, 97.6672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4722&lon=-97.6672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N113SH-2010-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08MA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08MA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080304847819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET MSL, THE AIRCRAFT PASSED THROUGH A FLOCK OF BIRDS (LATER TO BE IDENTIFIED AS AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS) DURING ITS INITIAL CLIMBOUT AFTER TAKEOFF.  AN AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN IMPACTED AND SEVERELY DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT ENGINE.  SUBSEQUENT TO THE BIRD STRIKE(S), THE CREW LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.  AMENDMENT TO FORM: CORRECTION BLOCKS 6, 7.  COMPLETION OF FORM BLOCKS 13, 31, 39.  AMENDED BLOCKS 33, AND 43; #9.

## 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 DFW08MA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08MA076), Mar 4, 2008: Cessna 500 (N113SH), Oklahoma City, OK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: Airplane wing-structure damage sustained during impact with one or more large birds (American white pelicans), which resulted in a loss of control of the airplane.

## Other reports on N113SH (1)

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

- [Incident 19980905034199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980905034199I), Sep 5, 1998: N113SH, Paducah, KY, Minor damage. (-23) On September 5, 1998 a Cessna 500 lost brake pressure during taxi on runway 22 at Paducah, KY. The aircraft departed the runway and veered into the edge…

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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