# Incident 20120102000479I: Beech 58P, St. Louis, MO, January 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2012, 19:15 local time
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77LV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77LV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58P (registry code 1152744, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total, 48 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120102000479I

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY JAN 2ND, N77LV WAS ON A PART 91 FLIGHT TO KSTL ON A FOUR MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 30R. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT 1915. THE BIRD STRIKE PENETRATED THE WINDSHIELD AND TRAVELED AFT TO STRIKE THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE, TEARING THE LEADING EDGE DEICE BOOT, AND RESULTED IN A SMALL DENT IN THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE UPPER FUSELAGE OUTER SKIN JUST AFT OF THE WINDSHIELD. ATC CLEARED N77LV TO LAND AND WAS FOLLOWED TO THE SIGNATURE FBO RAMP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER ONBOARD 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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