# Incident 20171128022159I: Beech V35A, Lakeland, FL, November 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2017, 14:10 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Linder Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7517N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7517N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171128022159I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/28/2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 LOCAL, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TAMPA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (VDF - TAMPA, FL) IN ROUTE TO LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT (LAL-LAKELAND, FL). THE AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN VECTORS ILS RUNWAY 09 AT LAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED ON TO THE LOCALIZER AND CLEARED FOR THE APPROACH.  AT THE FAF OR SHORTLY BEFORE THE GEAR WAS LOWERED AND APPROACH FLAPS WERE SET.  SHORTLY AFTER PASSING THE FAF, A FLOCK OF THREE BIRDS WERE NOTICED APPROACHING.  TWO OF THE BIRDS CLIMBED AND PASSED OVERHEAD, ONE BIRD DESCENDED AND IN SO DOING STRUCK THE LEFT WING AND WAS KILLED ON IMPACT. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED WITH THE APPROACH DOING A LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 9. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED OUT AND CREW MUTUALLY AGREED THEY SHOULD RETURN TO VDF FOR INSPECTION. THE PLANE WAS RESPONDING NORMALLY WITH NO VIBRATION OR VISIBLE DANGLING PARTS. CREW STATED THEY MUTUALLY AGREED AND FELT IT SAFE TO RETURN TO VDF.

## Other reports on N7517N (1)

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

- [Incident 20160423004129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160423004129I), Apr 23, 2016: Beech V35A (N7517N), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. On 04/23/2016, at approximately 11:25AM local, a Beech V35A, N7517N, registered to eagle squadron inc - [privacy data omitted] landed gear up on rwy 36 at…

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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