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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · Orlando, FL · July 28, 2014

Date
July 28, 2014 · 10:10 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Orlando Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N618QS
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

Pilot was on a 6 mile left base for landing runway 25 at an altitude of 1,600 feet and an indicated air speed of 180 knots when the left wing tip leading edge struck what the pilot said was a "turkey buzzard" the aircraft landed and taxied to showalter FBO without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON A 6 MILE LEFT BASE FOR LANDING RUNWAY 25 AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1,600 FEET AND AN INDICATED AIR SPEED OF 180 KNOTS WHEN THE LEFT WING TIP LEADING EDGE STRUCK WHAT THE PILOT SAID WAS A "TURKEY BUZZARD" THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO SHOWALTER FBO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.