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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-B55 (T42A) · Orlando, FL · December 24, 2016

Date
December 24, 2016 · 16:05 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N377G
Reported as
Beech 95-B55 (T42A)
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
460 total440 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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.

The aircraft while on a VFR approach to land at the Orlando executive airport, the aircraft struck a bird on the left hand wing. The bird struck the wing at or close to its mid-point and stayed wrapped around the leading edge until landing then fell off.

Damage was several ribs were bent by impact, and the leading edge skin outboard of the mid-wing point had several buckles.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ON A VFR APPROACH TO LAND AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD ON THE LEFT HAND WING. THE BIRD STRUCK THE WING AT OR CLOSE TO ITS MID-POINT AND STAYED WRAPPED AROUND THE LEADING EDGE UNTIL LANDING THEN FELL OFF.

DAMAGE WAS SEVERAL RIBS WERE BENT BY IMPACT, AND THE LEADING EDGE SKIN OUTBOARD OF THE MID-WING POINT HAD SEVERAL BUCKLES.