- Date
- March 30, 2013, 14:39 local (18:39 UTC)
- Place
- Willoughby, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1267GCessna 310Q
- Defining event
- Approach-IFR initial approach: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20130330004959A
- Case key
- 86556
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A bird strike during a practice instrument approach in visual conditions.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that a hawk impacted the right wing of the airplane while he was conducting a practice instrument approach in visual conditions. The flight was at 3,000 feet mean sea level and outside the final approach fix at the time of the impact. The pilot maintained control of the airplane and transitioned to a visual approach, subsequently executing a straight-in, no-flap landing without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing as a result of the collision.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that a hawk impacted the right wing of the airplane while conducting a practice instrument approach in visual conditions. The flight was at 3,000 feet mean sea level, outside of the final approach fix, at the time of the impact. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing as a result of the collision. The pilot maintained control of the airplane and transitioned to a visual approach, subsequently executing a straight-in, no flap landing without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1267G
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q1118
- Airframe hours
- 4,558
- Engines
- Cont Motor IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocatingCont Motor I0-470 SERIES, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J R Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- J R Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 2012
- Departed
- CGF · Willoughby, OH
- Destination
- CGF · Willoughby, OH
- Airport
- CGF · Cuyahoga County, runway 24, 5,102 × 100 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 23, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,254 total · 879 in this make and model · 1,202 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- CGF, 5 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 30, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.