# Incident 20240830011799I: Beechcraft Corp B300, Easton, MD, August 30, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2024, 19:14 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton/Newnam Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CVGA
- Location: 38.8042° N, 76.0690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTON/NEWNAM FLD (ESN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8042&lon=-76.0690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N827UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N827UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beechcraft B300 (registry code 4220035, https://openairdocs.org/model/beechcraft-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT CORP B300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,805 total, 2,062 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240830011799I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/30/2024 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. FLIGHT NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD TRAVELED FROM TETERBORO AIRPORT (KTEB- TETERBORO, NJ) TO EASTON/NEWNAM FLD AIRPORT (KESN- EASTON, MD). THE PILOT IN COMMAND INDICATED THAT RIGHT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AT KESN, HE NOTICED A FLOCK OF BIRDS A COUPLE THOUSAND FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY BUT DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO LAND WITH HOPE THAT THE BIRDS WOULD FLY AWAY. HE INDICATED THAT MOST DID BUT A COUPLE BEGAN TO FLY DOWN THE RUNWAY AWAY FROM THEM. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 4, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK MULTIPLE BIRDS, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE AND THE RIGHT-HAND WING LEADING EDGE.

DAMAGE TO THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND NOSE CONE ENCOMPASSES A CIRCUMFERENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 13 INCHES. THE RIGHT-HAND OUTBOARD WING INBOARD LEADING EDGE DAMAGE EXTENDS FROM WING STATION 138.966 TO WING STATION 149.966 (APPROXIMATELY 11 INCHES) WITH INDENTIONS UP TO 0.625 INCHES DEEP.

## Other reports on N827UP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20240312001839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240312001839I), Mar 12, 2024: Beechcraft Corp B300 (N827UP), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. March 13, 2024. The certificate holder reported to the bradley flight standards district office that one of their Textron aviation BE-300-B300 aircraft…

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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