# Incident 20141020020259I: Aero Commander 500-B, Kansas City, MO, October 20, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2014, 22:00 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZJWA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518TM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 500-B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,800 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141020020259I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE DESCENDING INBOUND TO KMKC AT APPROXIMATELY 20 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF KMKC AND AT AROUND 4700 MSL, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD. HE ADVISED KANSAS CITY APPROACH AND ASKED FOR PRIORITY HANDLING TO KMKC. HE DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HE CONTINUED TO KMKC AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON EXAMINATION, A MID-SIZED DUCK STRUCK THE TOP INBOARD SECTION OF THE COPILOT'S WINDSHIELD AND CONTINUED INTO THE COCKPIT AREA. THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN OUT WHERE THE BIRD STRUCK.

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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