- Date
- October 31, 1979
- Place
- Abilene, TX · ABILENE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 14 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N35CABeechcraft B99
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791031056379I
- Case key
- 132960
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0024 79/10/31 ABILENE,TX BEECHCRAFT B99 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1920 N35CA PX- 0 0 13 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 29, 4540 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 2525 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ABILENE MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION D/FW AIRPORT,TX ABILENE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- BIRD APPEARED TO BE A NIGHT HAWK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35CA
- Reported as
- Beechcraft B99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Abilene Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.