# Incident 20150123000579I: Beech 300, Aurora, IL, January 23, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2015, 10:18 local time
- Place: Aurora, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7606° N, 88.3201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7606&lon=-88.3201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,151 total, 10,421 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150123000579I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING A LOW APPROACH FOR ILS 9 INTO AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KARR), IN ILLINOIS, N73, A BEECHCRAFT 300 AIRCRAFT, STRUCK A BIRD.  AFTER IMPACTING THE BIRD, THE AIRCRAFT ABORTED THE LOW APPROACH AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 AT KARR WITHOUT INCIDENT.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS CONFIRMED THE BIRD STRUCK THE LEFT WING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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