# Incident 20150825014899I: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, Orlando, FL, August 25, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2015, 13:22 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N613GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N613GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B200 (registry code 7150006, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52 (registry code 52200, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,200 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150825014899I

## Narrative

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

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PILOTS NARRATIVE: N613GA WAS ON CLIMB FROM RWY 25 AT KORL AT APPROXIMATELY 1320 LCL.  PASSING 2000 FT. I OBSERVED A TURKEY BUZZARD ABOVE THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO DIVE TO MISS THE AIRPLANE.  I ATTEMPTED TO EVADE BY TURNING RIGHT.  THE TURKEY BUZZARD STRUCK THE LOWER OUTBOARD LEFT WING.  I ADVISED APCH CONTROL THAT I HAD A BIRD STRIKE AND NEEDED TO RETURN TO KORL.  APCH CONTROL TURNED ME OVER TO KORL TOWER, N613GA ENTERED A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 25 AND LANDED WITHOUT  FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE AIRPLANE FLEW NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE RETURN AND LANDING AT KORL.  I TAXIED TO SHELTAIR TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE.

DAMAGE WAS A DENT TO THE LEADING EDGE SKIN AND 1 RIB.  THE DEICE BOOT WAS NOT DAMAGED NOR ANY OF THE WING TIP.

KORL TOWER, KORL AIRPORT OP?S AND ORLANDO FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE BRIEFED OF THE INCIDENT.

EXEC AERO WAS CONTRACTED TO DO THE SKIN REPAIR..

EXEC AERO COMPLETED THE WORK ON 9/1/2015 AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.

I COMPLETED THE ONLINE BIRD/WILDLIFE STRIKE REPORT AND THE ONLINE NASA REPORT ON 8/28/2015.

FAA IIC CONTACTED MAINTENANCE PROVIDER EXEC AERO, EXEC AERO STATED THAT THE DAMAGE AFFECTED TWO FALSE RIBS AND A PORTION OF THE LEADING EDGE. THE LEADING EDGE WAS REPLACED FROM THE MOST OUTBOARD WING RIB TO THE NEXT INBOARD SEAM AND A FORM 337 WAS GENERATED FOR THE MAJOR REPAIR, EXEC AERO SAID THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE MAIN WING SPAR. DAMAGE TO WING LEADING EDGE WAS APPROXIMATELY FROM LH W.S. 291.3 TO LH W.S. 318.9 (27 INCHES IN LENGTH), THE WING TIP AND MOST OUTBOARD WING RIB WERE NOT AFFECTED.

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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