- Date
- November 18, 2022, 15:05, time zone not recorded
- Place
- Mashpee, MA · Bird strike @ ~3500' 3NM E of KFMH
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2649ZCessna 402
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA - Boston FSDO
- FAA report
- 20221118013349A
- Case key
- 106556
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
The airplane’s impact with a bird while enroute.
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 operator reported that while enroute, the airplane encountered a flock of seagulls. The First Officer called out “birds” and the Captain attempted to take evasive action but one of the birds impacted the leading edge of the right wing, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. Subsequently, the crew diverted to a nearby airport and landed safely. The operator reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2649Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 402 (C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0333
- Built
- 1980
- Airframe hours
- 27,986.7
- Engines
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hyannis Air Service Inc, doing business as Cape Air
- Registered owner
- Hyannis Air Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 9, 2022 · 31.1 hours before
- Departed
- KACK · Nantucket, MA
- Destination
- KBOS · Boston, MA
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, ADS-B
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
- 32
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 27, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,159 total · 600 in this make and model · 1,342 as pilot in command · 291 in the last 90 days · 92 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 29, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,407 total · 451 in this make and model · 886 as pilot in command · 165 in the last 90 days · 61 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- HYA, 9 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KHYA 181956Z 24010KT 10SM FEW036 SCT050 06/M01 A2998 RMK AO2
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 15, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.9 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.
Other investigations on N2649Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.