# Incident 20091104022249I: Beech C99, Show Low, AZ, November 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2009, 08:20 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 34.2558° N, 110.0033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2558&lon=-110.0033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N330AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N330AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-99 (registry code 1154006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C99
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,320 total, 520 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10IA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10IA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091104022249I

## Narrative

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

ON A SINGLE CARGO FLIGHT FROM PHX TO SOW, DURING DESCENT WHEN AT ABOUT 11,000 FEET AND 20 MILES OUT OF SOW, A BIRD STRUCK THE UPPER CENTER SECTION OF THE PILOT’S WINDSHIELD, BREAKING A FOOTBALL SIZE HOLE IN THE WINDSHIELD AND SCATTERING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BLOOD, TISSUE MATTER AND WINDSHIELD GLASS INTO THE COCKPIT.  FROM THE PILOTS STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING IS KNOWN:  MUCH OF THE BIRD AND ITS BLOOD CAME NTO THE COCKPIT AND THE PILOT SUFFERED HEAD AND ARM INJURIES, BUT DID NOT PASS OUT.  THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED SO THE THERE WAS NO VISIBILITY THROUGH IT.  THE PILOT FIRST THOUGHT HE HAD HIT TRAFFIC AND THAT ALL THE BLOOD IN THE COCKPIT WAS HIS.   THE PILOT’S GLASSES AND HEAD SET WERE KNOCKED OFF AND DAMAGED.   THE PILOT PUT ON SPARE GLASSES AND USED THE HAND MICROPHONE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE SHOW LOW CTAF UNICOM:  “SHOW LOW TRAFFIC, AMFLIGHT 2850 MAKING EMERGENCY LANDING RUNWAY 6, EXPERIENCED A BIRDSTRIKE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.”  MEL 27-1 HAD BEEN APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE THE FLAP SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE.  PILOT NAVIGATED TO SOW USING DME AND NDB.  PILOT LANDED SAFELY, INITIALLY LINING UP LOOKING THROUGH HOLE IN WINDSHIELD AND LANDING LOOKING OUT COPILOT’S WINDOW.

## 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 WPR10IA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10IA045), Nov 4, 2009: Beech C-99 (N330AV), Show Low, AZ, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird during initial descent.

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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