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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pilatus PC-12/45 · Batesville, AR · April 6, 2021

Date
April 6, 2021 · 20:35 local
Place
Batesville, AR
Airport
Batesville
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
7ALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N895VA
Reported as
Pilatus PC-12/45
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,570 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 was en-route from kcps to kbvx at approximately 2000 AGL on approach. Bird impacted just below pilot window area. Flight controls checked good and continued the landing without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS EN-ROUTE FROM KCPS TO KBVX AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 AGL ON APPROACH. BIRD IMPACTED JUST BELOW PILOT WINDOW AREA. FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECKED GOOD AND CONTINUED THE LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.