20180110000589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Vancouver, WA · January 10, 2018

Date
January 10, 2018 · 08:18 local
Place
Vancouver, WA
Airport
Vancouver
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N10KG
Reported as
Mooney M20M
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

On climb out, aircraft collided with birds causing minor damage to leading edge of wings and gear doors. The pilot was able to land the aircraft without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMB OUT, AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH BIRDS CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF WINGS AND GEAR DOORS. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.