# Incident 20111201028519I: Cessna 402C, Roswell, NM, December 1, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2011, 17:45 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N412CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N412CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,960 total, 61 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111201028519I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 1, 2011 AT 1745 MDT, N412CA, A CE-402-C, STRUCK SEVERAL BIRDS WHILE ON LANDING APPROACH AT ROSWELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 135 UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES.  THE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE BIRD STRIKE.

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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