# Incident 20240128001029I: Beech A36, Houston, TX, January 28, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2024, 11:23 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48JH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48JH) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240128001029I

## Narrative

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

IT WAS A VERY NICE VFR DAY.  UPON CLIMB OUT AT APPROX 800FT AND 3 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT, MYSELF AND THE COPILOT NOTICED A GROUP OF 3 BIRDS AT OUR 2 O'CLOCK.  WE WERE FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THEM BUT AS THEY GOT CLOSER I BANKED A LITTLE BIT TO TRY AND MISS THEM BUT ENDED UP STRIKING ONE OF THEM ON THE RIGHT WING.  THE PLANE FLEW JUST FINE AND NO EMERGENCY LANDING WAS NECESSARY.  I DID HOWEVER LET HOOKS TOWER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY CLEARED ME FOR A RIGHT TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT.  I TOLD THEM I DID NOT NEED TO LAND ON THE OPPOSITE RUNWAY AND COULD LAND AS NORMAL.  WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO CALL THE TOWER ON THE PHONE AS SOON AS WE SHUT DOWN.

AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF WING TIP.

NO FURTHER ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN.

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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