# Incident 20190714016419I: Ditlow LLC VANS ACFT INC RV-8, Denton, TX, July 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2019, 13:47 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140FB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140FB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ditlow VANS ACFT INC RV-8 (registry code 05634C3, https://openairdocs.org/model/ditlow-vans-acft-inc-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Superior IO-360 series (registry code 59251, https://openairdocs.org/engine/superior-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DITLOW LLC VANS ACFT INC RV-8
- Reported engine: SUPERIOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 450 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714016419I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 14, 2019 AT 1347 CST PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY DUE TO BIRDSTRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT, AN AMATEUR HOME BUILT VANS RV8, WAS PRACTICING FORMATION FLIGHT WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENTON, TX WHEN THE LEFT WING WAS STRUCK BY A HAWK. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO DENTON ENTERPRISE AIRPORT (DTO) AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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