- Date
- August 30, 2023, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Henderson, KY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N313CTBeech 200
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20230830015499A
- Case key
- 192967
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 in-flight collision with a bird shortly after takeoff.
Findings · 2
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 shortly after takeoff, he encountered a flock of geese. One of the geese struck the right wing tip, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot declared an emergency with approach control and landed the airplane without further incident. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N313CT
- Reported as
- Beech 200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB-461
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 7,647
- Engines
- Pratt and Whitney PT6A-41, 850 horsepower, turbo propPratt and Whitney PT6A-41, 850 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- BEL-Air. LLC
- Registered owner
- Almar Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 13, 2023
- Departed
- EHR · Henderson, KY
- Destination
- EVV · Evansville, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EHR · Henderson City, runway 09, 5,504 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Onboard weather, Stall warning system
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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 27, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 27,500 total · 2,020 in this make and model · 24,750 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KEHR
- METAR
- KEHR 301256Z AUTO 04008KT 10SM CLR 21/18 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02060178
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 25, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.7 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.