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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Traverse City, MI · June 7, 2017

Date
June 7, 2017 · 09:30 local
Place
Traverse City, MI
Airport
Cherry Capital
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SBAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N727FX
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,361 total686 in this make and model88 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.

Shortly after takeoff, aircraft struck a goose on top of left wing near leading edge.

As the FAA filed it

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A GOOSE ON TOP OF LEFT WING NEAR LEADING EDGE.