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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525 · Baton Rouge, LA · April 12, 2016

Date: April 12, 2016 · 13:09 local
Place: Baton Rouge, LA
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N915ST
Reported as: Cessna 525
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,685 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was on visual approach at 2000 AGL and in process of configuring for landing. Pilot looked up and noticed several buzzards, who then split in different directions. One struck the leading edge of the RH horiz stab.

Aircraft landed safely.

Manufacturer tech rep assessed damage and aircraft deemed safe for ferry flight. Ferry permit aquired to move aircraft to maintenance facility.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON VISUAL APPROACH AT 2000 AGL AND IN PROCESS OF CONFIGURING FOR LANDING. PILOT LOOKED UP AND NOTICED SEVERAL BUZZARDS, WHO THEN SPLIT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. ONE STRUCK THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RH HORIZ STAB.

AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY.

MANUFACTURER TECH REP ASSESSED DAMAGE AND AIRCRAFT DEEMED SAFE FOR FERRY FLIGHT. FERRY PERMIT AQUIRED TO MOVE AIRCRAFT TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY.