# Accident 20100406030999A: Beech 95-B55, Center, ND, April 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2010, 21:51 local time
- Place: Center, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1150° N, 101.3003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1150&lon=-101.3003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70283, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70283) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95-B55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10TA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10TA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100406030999A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT AND CREW WERE ON A NIGHT TRAINING FLIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC USE OPERATOR.  THE PILOT STARTED HIS DECENT FROM 4500 FEET TO 4000 FEET FOR THE GPS APPROACH TO HAZEN NORTH DAKOTA WHEN AT 4200 FEET THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SEVERAL BIRD STRIKES.  THE FIRST BIRD STRUCK THE COPILOTS SIDE WINDSHIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES ABOVE THE NOSE, DISPLACING 70% OF THE WINDSHEILD, THE RIGHT  HALF OF THE AIRCRAFTS GLARE SHIELD, PIECES OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFLECTED INTO THE OBSERVER PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS FACE CAUSING LACERATIONS AND FACIAL BRUISING. THE HEN MALLARD'S REMAINS THEN CONTINUED AFT ALONG THE HEADLINER AND CAME TO REST BEHIND THE AFT DIVIDER NEXT TO THE OXYGEN TANK AT THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CONTROL CABELS AND SYSTEM WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE BIRDS PLACE OF REST.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COMPOSED HIMSELF AND THEN TURNED TO HIS OBSERVER PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION. A JOINT  DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO KBIS FOR MORE ADVANCED MEDICAL AND CRASH FIRE ASSISTANCE IF NEEDED.THE PILOT STATED THAT IN THE MIDST OF THE INCIDENT, THE INSTRUCTOR MANAGED TO SELECT 7700 ON THE TRANSPONDER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE RETURNED TO KBIS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE PASSENGER/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM A LOCAL KBIS HOSPITAL.THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED:BIRD NUMBER TWO STRUCK THE RIGHT, OUTBOARD 30" OF THE WING TIP CAUSING SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE TO THE WINGS LEADING EDGE, OUTBOARD OF THE LANDING LIGHT.  BIRD NUMBER THREE STRUCK THE RAYDOME, LEFT OF CENTER WHICH DEFLECTED THE BIRD INTO THE LEFT PROP AND LEFT WING ROOT. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE LEFT PROPELLER OR THE LEFT WING.  THE RAYDOME SUSTAINED MINOR+ DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN10TA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10TA194), Apr 7, 2010: Beech 95-B55 (N70283), Center, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent in-flight collision with several Mallard ducks.

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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