# Accident 20250315004649A: Beech E-55, Van Nuys, CA, March 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2025, 20:45 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N994WY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N994WY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-55 (registry code 1152732, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E-55
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,067 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250315004649A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH INTO VNY, BIRD STRUCK WINDSCREEN CAUSING GREATER THAN 75% OF THE WINDSCREEN TO BREAK OFF. PILOT WAS INJURED BY WINDSCREEN PROJECTILES, COPILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT VNY WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR25LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA113), Mar 16, 2025: Beech E-55 (N994WY), Van Nuys, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird during an approach to land.

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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