- Date
- November 6, 1983, 19:39 local (Nov 7, 1983, 01:39 UTC)
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 33 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7517UConvair 580
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831106069349A
- Case key
- 16181
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a bird during the landing approach at night. The captain who was flying the acft was struck in the face by the bird and flying glass. The co-plt completed the landing due to incapacitation of the capt. investigationrevealed the windshield had been penetrated by a two pound bird. Certification requirements specify that the windshield withstand, without penetration, the impact of a four pound bird at cruise speed. The acft was moving at about 190 KTS at the time of the impact. The landing was completed by the co-plt without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7517U
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13
- Airframe hours
- 43,266
- Engine
- Allison 50-1-D13, 4,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Republic Airlines, doing business as Republic Airlines
- Registered owner
- Republic Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SUX · Sioux City, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FSD · Sioux Falls, runway 33, 6,658 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,175 total · 162 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FSD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.