# Incident 20170921016729I: Beech C90A, Amarillo, TX, September 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2017, 02:00 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Rick Husband Amarillo Internat
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 7EMA
- Location: 35.2194° N, 101.7059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICK HUSBAND AMARILLO INTL (AMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2194&lon=-101.7059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8287E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90A
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,330 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170921016729I

## Narrative

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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0200 LOCAL, N8287E, A BEECH C90A WAS STRUCK BY A BIRD ENROUTE FROM TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO TO AMARILLO, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AN AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.  PILOT, TWO CREW MEMBERS, AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0130 LOCAL.

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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