# Incident 20160908016969I: Beech A36TC, Louisville, KY, September 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2016, 12:02 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6672X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6672X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSI0-520-F-K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 160 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160908016969I

## Narrative

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

N6672X WAS STRUCK BY A TURKEY BUZZARD ON THE LEFT (PILOT SIDE) WING IN THE OUTBOARD PORTION, TOP OF LEADING EDGE, BETWEEN THE PITOT TUBE AND STALL WARNING VENT AT APPROXIMATELY NOON EASTERN DAYTIME TIME (1600Z) ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2016. APPROXIMATELY FOUR TURKEY BUZZARDS FLEW INTO FLIGHT PATH FROM THE WEST SIDE. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MANEUVER QUICKLY ENOUGH TO AVOID IMPACT. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES AND ORIGINATED IN SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (KSME). WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE VMC. THE LOCATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWMAN FIELD FIELD AT 3,000 FEET MSL. LANDED AT BOWMAN FIELD WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS OR INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6672X (1)

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

- [Accident 20120728022229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120728022229A), Jul 28, 2012: Beech A36TC (N6672X), Fayetteville, NC, Substantial damage. The operator arrived at hatteras airport and noticed fuel leaking from the right wing quick drain and visually inspected fuel quantity in the left and right…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.