# Accident 20101018050239A: Beech A100, Palestine, TX, October 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2010, 12:45 local time
- Place: Palestine, TX
- Airport: Palaoa Point Palestine Municipal Ar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8500° N, 96.0167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8500&lon=-96.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1TR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A100
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-28
- People aboard: 5
- 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 CEN11TA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11TA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101018050239A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 18, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1245 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A BEECHCRAFT KINGAIR BE-100-A100, N1TR, OWNED AND OPERATED BY TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS, SUFFERED MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKES DURING DESCENT ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PUBLIC USE FLIGHT.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND SPAR CAP OUTBOARD OF THE STALL FENCE, AS WELL AS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND,  NON-FLYING PILOT, AND THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT RATING.  THE NON-FLYING PILOT HOLDS AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT RATING.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PUBLIC USE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGKY) AT 1225 CDT.

## 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 CEN11TA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11TA027), Oct 18, 2010: Beech A100 (N1TR), Palestine, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a flock of birds while the airplane was descending through a cloud layer.

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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