# Incident 20250925014729I: Beech V35B, New Kent, VA, September 25, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2025, 14:30 local time
- Place: New Kent, VA
- Airport: New Kent County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5034° N, 77.1266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW KENT COUNTY (W96), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5034&lon=-77.1266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17827, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17827) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,019 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250925014729I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED W96 AIRPORT CLIMBING SOUTHEAST, INITIAL LEVEL OFF AT 2000 FEET WHEN CONTACT WITH BIRD (BLACK VULTURE) WITH WINDSHIELD DIRECTLY AT LEFT PILOT STATION. BIRD STRIKE BROKE WINDSHIELD AND HIT PILOT IN FACE, BIRD CONTINUED THROUGH CABIN AND FOUND IN AFT CABIN LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT. PILOT INITIATED RETURN TO W96 AND SQUAWKED 7700. PILOT MADE RADIO CALLS BUT, UNABLE TO HEAR COMMUNICATION DUE TO WIND NOISE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT AT W96. PILOT WENT TO HOSPITAL. INJURIES REPORTED MINOR: PUNCTURE TO FOREHEAD AND FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST.

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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