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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech V35A · Adrian, MI · August 9, 2025

Date
August 9, 2025 · 21:50 local
Place
Adrian, MI
Airport
Lenawee County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N840P
Reported as
Beech V35A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 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.

Individual reported wildlife strike as aircraft was landing. 5 geese were sleeping on runway and some became airborne causing damage to the aircraft. Damage focused on left wing leading edge, left wing flap, left landing gear, left landing gear door, propeller and front cowling grill.

As the FAA filed it

INDIVIDUAL REPORTED WILDLIFE STRIKE AS AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING. 5 GEESE WERE SLEEPING ON RUNWAY AND SOME BECAME AIRBORNE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE FOCUSED ON LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, LEFT WING FLAP, LEFT LANDING GEAR, LEFT LANDING GEAR DOOR, PROPELLER AND FRONT COWLING GRILL.