# Incident 20200613006169I: Textron Aviation Inc B300, Bedford, MA, June 13, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2020, 16:59 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G. Hanscom Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 02GA
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N858UP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC B300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,069 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200613006169I

## Narrative

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

JUNE 13, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 1650 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, CIVIL AIRCRAFT N858UP, A TEXTRON AVIATION INC. KING AIR B350, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS INVOLVED IN A BIRD STRIKE EVENT DURING THE CLIMB OUT AFTER DEPARTING FROM THE LAURENCE G. HANSCOM FIELD AIRPORT (KBED) LOCATED IN BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.  THIS FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 FOR REPOSITIONING. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KBED USING RUNWAY 29, THE CREW REPORTED THAT UPON REACHING FOUR HUNDRED (400) ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) AND A SPEED OF ONE HUNDRED SIXTY (160) KNOTS, THEY TURNED TO A HEADING OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY (250) DEGREES. IN THE TURN THEY ENCOUNTERED A BIRD. BOTH CREW HEARD A LARGE ?THUD? WITH VISIBLE ORGANIC MATTER ON THE TOP OF THE LEFT WING AND THE LEFT PROPELLER HAD A ?REDDISH? TINT TO IT. THE CREW CONCURRED THIS WAS A SUBSTANTIAL BIRD STRIKE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO KBED TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED A ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) DEGREE TURN AND LANDED ON THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CREW DID NOT REPORT SUSTAINING ANY INJURIES DURING THIS EVENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED IN THE AREAS OF THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER AND LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OUTBOARD OF THE ENGINE NACELLE. A BIRD STRIKE REPORT WAS FILED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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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