# Accident 20151106021819A: Cessna 525, Monroeville, AL, November 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2015, 14:45 local time
- Place: Monroeville, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4586° N, 87.3506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4586&lon=-87.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525DY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ 44 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151106021819A

## Narrative

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

11/6/15: SCHEDULED KMVC TO KALX. WEATHER : VFR, LIGHTLY SCATTERED CLOUD LAYER.

IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS ACTIVATED ON THE GROUND AT KMVC WITH ATLANTA CENTER. STANDARD VFR FLIGHT BRIEFING, APPROPRIATE RADIO CALLS MADE ON UNICOM 123.0. A LEFT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE FROM 21. ATLANTA CENTER CONTACTED PASSING 1500'. RADAR CONTACT WAS  CONFIRMED, IFR CLIMB WAS ISSUED W/ DIRECT DESTINATION. AT @ 1545 LOCAL, CLIMBING THROUGH 3000', A FLOCK OF BIRDS WAS SEEN IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF US AT THE 1230-1'O CLOCK POSITION. IN LESS THAN A SECOND A SINGLE BIRD WAS STRUCK, RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER IMPACT PIC RETARDED THE POWER, LEVELED WINGS (HAD INITIATED AVOIDANCE TURN AT SPOTTING, @3 DEGREES LEFT BANK AT IMPACT), ARRESTED CLIMB, AND CONTACTED ATC OF BIRD STRIKE AND RETURN TO AIRPORT. POSITION BEST DESCRIBED AS AN EXTENDED LEFT DOWNWIND TO 21 AND THUS PIC ENTERED A LEFT BASE. DAMAGE OBSERVED BY SIC, APPROPRIATE SPEEDS MAINTAINED, LANDING UNEVENTFUL, NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CONTROL DETECTED. NEGATIVE EMERGENCY, NO PERSONNEL REQUIRED.

## 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 GAA16CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA078), Nov 6, 2015: Cessna 525 (N525DY), Monroeville, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent collision with a bird during takeoff enroute climb, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing.

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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