# Accident 20100218027659A: Cessna 208B, Sacramento, CA, February 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2010, 18:40 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AWHA
- Location: 38.6953° N, 121.5906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6953&lon=-121.5906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N892FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N892FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100218027659A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK BIRD ON APPROACH TO SMF, RUNWAY 16R AT 1840PST.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA REVEALED A LARGE BIRD STRUCK THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AT THE LANDING LIGHT ASSY.  THE BIRD DESTROYED THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND HIT THE AILERON CONTROL CABLES.  ONE CABLE TORE A HOLE THROUGH A RIB WEB CABLE FEED THROUGH HOLE DUE TO THE IMPACT. THE BIRD HIT THE WING SPAR WEB AND DENTED THE WEB SPAR APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH AFT. ONE VERTICAL STIFFENER SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.  THE UPPER WING SPAR CAP, AN ALUMINUM EXTRUDED SECTION, WAS DISTORTED IN THAT IT TWISTED FORWARD WHEN THE WEB MOVED AFT.  IT BUCKLED THE UPPER WING SKIN. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE LOWER WING SPAR. THE LOWER WING SKIN WAS DISTORTED A LESSER EXTENT. THE NTSB IS STILL INVESTIGATING.

## 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 WPR10LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA141), Feb 19, 2010: Cessna 208B (N892FE), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird while on final approach.

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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