# Accident 20190629008489A: Beech D95A, Navasota, TX, June 29, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2019, 18:15 local time
- Place: Navasota, TX
- Airport: Navasota Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3881° N, 96.0878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3881&lon=-96.0878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N998DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D95A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA400) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190629008489A

## Narrative

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

ON 6/29/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CST, A BEECH D95A, S/N TD-697, N998DM, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT, STRUCK A LARGE BIRD ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE NAVASOTA VOR/DME (TNV). THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED NAVASOTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (60R) IN ROUTE TO DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT (KDWH), AND HAD CLIMBED TO 1500? @ 150 KIAS AND SET THE AUTOPILOT IN HEADING AND ALTITUDE MODE, WITH THE STUDENT PILOT FLYING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NOTICED THE BIRD CIRCLING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF AND ABOVE THEIR INTENDED FLIGHT PATH HOWEVER, AS THEY DREW CLOSER THE BIRD DOVE DOWN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE COPILOT SIDE AND COMING THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN. AFTER ACCESSING THEIR INJURIES, THE PILOT DIRECTED THE STUDENT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN TO TURN AROUND AND RETURN TO 60R. AS THE AIRCRAFT GOT CLOSER TO 60R, THE PILOT TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS, CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING, AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY ON RUNWAY 17.

INITIAL INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE UPPER, LEFT-HAND QUADRANT OF THE WINDSCREEN WAS BROKEN OUT, WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE UPPER, LEFT-HAND AIRFRAME/DOOR POST WHERE THE WINDSCREEN MOUNTS TO THE FUSELAGE.

WHEN THE NTSB REPORT AND ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS NECESSARY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA19CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA400), Jun 29, 2019: Beech 95 (N998DM), Navasota, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s impact with a bird.

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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