# Accident 20131026020179A: Beech V35B, Palm Coast, FL, October 26, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2013, 14:21 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Flagler County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4675° N, 81.2064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4675&lon=-81.2064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N328HR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N328HR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,216 total, 150 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131026020179A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED WHILE ON APPROACH INTO FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT (KXFL) FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 06 ON OCTOBER 26, 2013 WHILE ON HIS BASE LEG READY TO TURN FINAL HE SAW SEVERAL LARGE BIRDS BELIEVED TO BE TURKEY VULTURES IN THE AREA. WHILE TURNING TO HIS FINAL APPRAOCH AT ABOUT 120 KNOTS HE SAW A BIRD UP CLOSE BUT COULD NOT AVOID IT. IT APPEARED TO DIVE INTO THE AIRCRAFT FROM ABOVE. THE BIRD INITIALLY HIT THE ANTENNA MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE FUSELAGE JUST BEHIND THE WINDSHIELD AND THEN CONTINUED TO TRAVEL AFT TO THE LEFT AND HIT THE V-TAIL LEADING EDGE STRUCTURE WITHIN 18 INCHES OF WHERE IT MOUNTS TO THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE MOVEABLE TAIL FEATHERS, IT WAS STRICKLY CONTAINED TO THE LEADING EDGE AREA. THE DAMAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 INCHES LONG AND 3.5 INCHES IN DEPTH. THE SKIN WAS WRINKLED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE FORWARD SPAR ON THE BOTTOM SIDE AND ALSO WRINKLED THE FLUTED SKIN BETWEEN THE FRONT AND AFT SPARS. THE TOP SKIN WAS COMPRESSED WITH AN INSPECTION PLATE PARTIALLY REMOVED WITH A BIRD FEATHER STILL ATTACHED. THE SKIN WAS DAMAGED ALL THE WAY TO THE FIRST RIB OUTBOARD OF THE FUSELAGE WITH DAMAGE TO THE RIB ITSELF.

## 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 ERA14CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA032), Oct 26, 2013: Beech V35B (N328HR), Palm Coast, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent collision with a black vulture.

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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