# Incident 20200312001399I: Beech A36, Sanford, FL, March 12, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2020, 17:11 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XGNA
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,470 total, 111 in this make and model, 176 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200312001399I

## Narrative

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

ON 3/12/2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 22:11Z, N75AT (GTA505) A BE36, S/N E-597 WHILE ENROUTE AT 7000? FROM OPF-SFB, REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE (CORMORANT) TO THE CENTER OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD 7 MILES WEST OF SFB. THE BIRD PENETRATED THE WINDSHIELD STRIKING THE GLARE SHIELD , INSTRUMENT PANEL, COMPASS AND THE PILOTS RIGHT SHOULDER/ARM (NO INJURIES). ALSO THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE WAS IMPACTED AND DENTED (1?X 2? AREA). THE LOWER VERTICAL STAB LEADING EDGE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. (1.5? HOLE). A LIGHT GUN WAS USED TO CLEAR THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND RUNWAY 9L WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N75AT (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120111001899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120111001899I), Jan 11, 2012: Beech A36 (N75AT), Addison, TX, Minor damage. On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at approximately 0615 in the morning the pilot was taxiing aircraft N75AT to the runup area for takeoff on runway 15. The pilot…
- [Incident 19951225046579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951225046579I), Dec 25, 1995: Beech A36 (N75AT), Cheyenne, WY, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft departed kimbill (ibm) NE at 10:40 MST, 12-25-95 enroute to Cheyenne, WY (cys). Flight was uneventful. Pilot was cleared to land at cys…

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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