# Incident 20170510004659I: Beech B-55, Jackson, MI, May 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2017, 16:35 local time
- Place: Jackson, MI
- Airport: Jackson County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2434° N, 84.4049° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2434&lon=-84.4049&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B-55 (registry code 1152729, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170510004659I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE RETURNING TO JACKSON COUNTY AIRPORT (KJXN) IN BE55, N711FA, AFTER LOCAL FLIGHT. PILOT HAD RECEIVED CLEARACE TO LAND AND WAS SQUENCING FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE LEG AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT WING, OUTSIDE THE LEFT ENGINE, WAS HIT BY A LARGE BIRD. PILOT CONTINUED TO THE AIRPORT, LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED BACK TO HIS HANGER. PILOT NOTIFIED JXN FCT THE FOLOWING DAY.

## Other reports on N711FA (1)

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

- [Accident 20251114021109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251114021109A), Nov 14, 2025: Beech B-55 (N711FA), Dothan, AL, Substantial damage. Aircraft experienced a left main landing gear extension malfunction. After extensive in-flight troublshooting, the decision to initiate a gear-up landing was…

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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