# Incident 20201203015099I: Beech V35B, Myrtle Beach, SC, December 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2020, 13:55 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8118° N, 78.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND STRAND (CRE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8118&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N145JM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N145JM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201203015099I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A 3 MILE APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 23 AT CRE AROUND 1400 ON DECEMBER 8 2020 . A FLOCK OF BIRDS APPEARED AT VARIOUS ALTITUDES IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT AT APPROX. 1100 FEET MSL. AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 130 AND 140 KNOTS. PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN TO AVOID. 1 BIRD STRUCK LEFT WING CREATING A LARGE HOLE.  AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES OR FURTHER INCIDENT.

PILOT REPORTED FILING REPORT 5200-7 WITH THE WILDLIFE STRIKE DATABASE AND SPECIMEN COLLECTED BY AIRPORT MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ON GROUND.

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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