# Incident 20180531007689I: Carroll Clark W VANS RV 7, Grandview, TX, May 31, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2018, 13:50 local time
- Place: Grandview, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2684° N, 97.1789° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grandview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2684&lon=-97.1789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N412CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N412CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Carroll Clark W VANS RV-7 (registry code 056332X, https://openairdocs.org/model/carroll-clark-w-vans-rv-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Titan IOX-370 SERIE (registry code 59471, https://openairdocs.org/engine/titan-iox-370-serie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CARROLL CLARK W VANS RV 7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180531007689I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 31, 2018, AT 1350 CST, AN EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, CARROLL CLARK W, RV7, N412CW, S/N 74069, WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO ROANOKE, TX, NORTHWEST REGIONAL (52F).  AT APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6500 FEET MSL, OVER GRANDVIEW, TX, LATITUDE 32.17N AND LONGITUDE 097.12W.  THE CANOPY WAS BROKEN AND LEFT THE AIRCRAFT WITH AN OPEN COCKPIT.  THE PILOT, THE ONLY PERSON ABOARD, CONTINUED THE FLIGHT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY SAFE LANDING AT THE FORT WORTH, TX, SPINKS AIRPORT (FWS) WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE PILOT HOLDS AND ATP AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE GEORGETOWN, TX, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GTU). ON MAY 31, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 CDT.

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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