# Accident 20250903012449A: Cessna 414, New Bruanfels, TX, September 3, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2025, 10:44 local time
- Place: New Bruanfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7080° N, 98.1300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7080&lon=-98.1300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39HC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39HC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA362) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250903012449A

## Narrative

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

DURING APPRTOACH APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES WEST OF BAZ RUNWAY 31, RIGHT WING STRUCK BY A BIRD. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO INCIDENT.

## 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 CEN25LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA362), Sep 3, 2025: Cessna 414 (N39HC), New Braunfels, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A in-flight collision with a bird during the descent for landing.

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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