20130129000699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 300 · Raleigh, NC · January 29, 2013

Date
January 29, 2013 · 14:27 local
Place
Raleigh, NC
Airport
Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RU3A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72
Reported as
Beech 300
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total5,000 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft struck a bird on approach. Damage to left engine nacelle. Cowling

Replace and a/c returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD ON APPROACH. DAMAGE TO LEFT ENGINE NACELLE. COWLING

REPLACE AND A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.