- Date
- April 9, 2024, 07:13 local (12:13 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N243MHBeech B300
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration: FSDO OKC
- FAA report
- 20240409003389A
- Case key
- 194068
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 during the initial climb.
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, during the initial climb, the airplane hit a goose. The pilot notified air traffic control and returned to the departure airport without further incident. A post-accident examination revealed substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N243MH
- Reported as
- Beech B300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- FL243
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 8,353.5
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6-60A, 1,050 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen Contracting Inc
- Registered owner
- Allen Contracting Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Commuter
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 1, 2023
- Departed
- PWA · Bethany, OK
- Destination
- MKY · Marco Island, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PWA · Wiley Post Airport, runway 35R, 7,199 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 13, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,727 total · 626 in this make and model · 1,458 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 81
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 8, 2023
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 19,140 total · 660 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- PWA
- METAR
- KPWA 091153Z 02010KT 7SM CLR 12/04 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP124 T01220039
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 28, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.7 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.