# Incident 20100906045319I: Beech 58, Orlando, FL, September 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2010, 13:45 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N191LR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N191LR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100906045319I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD A BIRD-STRIKE FLYING FROM MELBOURNE, FL [MLB] TO ORLANDO, FL [ORL].PILOT DEPARTED MLB AT 1335, BIRD STRIKE OCCURED AT 1345 AND AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT ORL AT 1355.MINOR DAMAGE TO R/H ENGINE COWLING & DEICE BOOTON PROP.  PILOT ADVISED HE WAS NEAR THE "POWERPLANT STACKS" NEAR THE BEACHLINE EXPRESSWAY AND WAS ABOUT 2000' AGL WHEN HE SAW A FLOCK OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE TURKEY BUZZARDS, ONE BIRD FLEW INTO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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