# Accident 20141027019499A: Cessna 510, Faribault, MN, October 27, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2014, 17:30 local time
- Place: Faribault, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3275° N, 93.3108° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3275&lon=-93.3108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N510PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N510PT-2016-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 510 (registry code 2076617, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F-A (registry code 52282, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw615f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 510
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW615F-A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 861 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141027019499A

## Narrative

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

ON A VISUAL APPROACH INTO FARIBAULT, MN (KFBL) THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF GEESE.  AT LEAST ONE GOOSE STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE RADOME.

## 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 CEN15CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA041), Oct 27, 2014: Cessna 510 (N510PT), Faribault, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inflight collision with a goose while descending to land at the destination airport.

## Other reports on N510PT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090311002619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090311002619I), Mar 11, 2009: Cessna 510 (N510PT), Sioux Falls, SD, Minor damage. (-23) On 03/11/2009 at 0715, a Cessna 510 registered to poet LLC was involved in a bird strike on climb-out during a part 91 flight. IMC flight conditions…

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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