# Incident 20080814842869I: Beech C90A, Jasper, TX, August 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2008, 10:15 local time
- Place: Jasper, TX
- Airport: Jasper County-Bell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8856° N, 94.0347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8856&lon=-94.0347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N688LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N688LL-2009-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon C90A (registry code 7150004, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-c90a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08IA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08IA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080814842869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED JASPER COUNTY BELL FIELD (KJAS) VFR TO BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR, SOUTHEAST TEXAS REGINONAL AIRPORT (KBPT).  ON CLIMB-OUT, AFTER TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE RIGHT WING.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT KBPT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING: LEADING EDGE DEFORMATION, TEAR IN SKIN AFT OF THE DE-ICE BOOT, RIB AND STRINGER DAMAGE.  THE DAMAGED AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 24 INCHES FROM RIGHT WING TIP.

## 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 DEN08IA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08IA143), Aug 14, 2008: Raytheon C90A (N688LL), Jasper, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The impact with a bird during initial takeoff climb.

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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