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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Socata TAMPICO TB 9C · Camarillo, CA · July 13, 2020

Date: July 13, 2020 · 09:18 local
Place: Camarillo, CA
Airport: Camarillo
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N504PC
Reported as: Socata Tampico TB 9C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total

N504PCRegistered now · Socata TAMPICO TB 9CS/N 1461 Airframe modelSocata TAMPICO TB 9C

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.

Just after departing runway 26, the aircraft struck a large bird. The PIC notified ATC, returned to airport and made an uneventful landing. Inspection of the aircraft found it sustained damage (dent) to the right wing leading edge. The dent is located between the wing tip and first leading edge rib, is approx. 2 in. Deep and approx. 9 in. In length. Airport operations located and retreived deceased bird (blue heron) on runway 26.

As the FAA filed it

JUST AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 26, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LARGE BIRD. THE PIC NOTIFIED ATC, RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND IT SUSTAINED DAMAGE (DENT) TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE. THE DENT IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE WING TIP AND FIRST LEADING EDGE RIB, IS APPROX. 2 IN. DEEP AND APPROX. 9 IN. IN LENGTH. AIRPORT OPERATIONS LOCATED AND RETREIVED DECEASED BIRD (BLUE HERON) ON RUNWAY 26.