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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech B200 · St. Augustine, FL · July 17, 2019

Date
July 17, 2019 · 07:07 local
Place
St. Augustine, FL
Airport
St Augustine
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NOZA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N14NG
Reported as
Beech B200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total

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.

Aircraft struck a bird on the right main leading edge during rotation/departure. Crew communicated about the possible strike during climb out. Pilot explained that the aircraft handled normally and observed no change in itt or smell of bird ingestion, no reason to rtb. During flight at altitude crew noted feathers on the leading edge. Flight continued normally to mlb where the aircraft was handed to maintenance with a bird strike discrepancy in the dispatch logbook.

The owner has elected to relocate the aircraft from melbourne, FL (kmlb) to greenville, SC (kgyh) to conduct permanent repairs.

07-19-2019 A special flight permit was issued and permanent repairs were made to aircraft. Documentation has been filed in protrack. Item #554

PIC filled out FAA form 5200-7 FAA 2019-7-17-083552 online website.

Pilots dob: 05-12-1983

Pilots highest rating: commercial

Pilot total time: 4500 hrs.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD ON THE RIGHT MAIN LEADING EDGE DURING ROTATION/DEPARTURE. CREW COMMUNICATED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE STRIKE DURING CLIMB OUT. PILOT EXPLAINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HANDLED NORMALLY AND OBSERVED NO CHANGE IN ITT OR SMELL OF BIRD INGESTION, NO REASON TO RTB. DURING FLIGHT AT ALTITUDE CREW NOTED FEATHERS ON THE LEADING EDGE. FLIGHT CONTINUED NORMALLY TO MLB WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANDED TO MAINTENANCE WITH A BIRD STRIKE DISCREPANCY IN THE DISPATCH LOGBOOK.

THE OWNER HAS ELECTED TO RELOCATE THE AIRCRAFT FROM MELBOURNE, FL (KMLB) TO GREENVILLE, SC (KGYH) TO CONDUCT PERMANENT REPAIRS.

07-19-2019 A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT WAS ISSUED AND PERMANENT REPAIRS WERE MADE TO AIRCRAFT. DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN FILED IN PROTRACK. ITEM #554

PIC FILLED OUT FAA FORM 5200-7 FAA 2019-7-17-083552 ONLINE WEBSITE.

PILOTS DOB: 05-12-1983

PILOTS HIGHEST RATING: COMMERCIAL

PILOT TOTAL TIME: 4500 HRS.