- Date
- October 27, 2014, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Faribault, MN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N510PTCessna 510
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20141027019499A
- Case key
- 90369
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
An inflight collision with a goose while descending to land at the destination airport.
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 and four passengers were on a cross-country flight. When they were about 15 miles from their destination airport descending to land, the pilot saw a flock of geese. The pilot reported that he did not have time to avoid the birds and there was an impact. After the collision, the pilot made a normal approach and landing at the destination airport. An examination of the airplane revealed that a goose impacted the radome and bulkhead, resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
The pilot and four passengers were on a cross-country flight. When they were about 15 miles from their destination airport descending to land, the pilot saw a flock of geese. The pilot reported that he did not have time to avoid the birds and there was an impact. After the collision, the pilot made a normal approach and landing at the destination airport. An examination of the airplane revealed that a goose impacted the radome and bulkhead, resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N510PT
- Reported as
- Cessna 510
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 510-0114
- Built
- 2008
- Airframe hours
- 1,595.8
- Engines
- P&W Canada PW615F-A, 1,460 lbs thrust, turbo fanP&W Canada PW615F-A, 1,460 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Poet LLC
- Registered owner
- Poet LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 26, 2014
- Departed
- KFSD · Sioux Falls, SD
- Destination
- KFBL · Faribault, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KFBL · Faribault Municipal Airport
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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 14,200 total · 860 in this make and model · 10,990 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KFBL, 15 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 10, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 830 KB 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.