- Date
- May 22, 2017, 08:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Skagway, AK
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N754KPCessna 208
- Defining event
- Enroute: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170522009189A
- Case key
- 95271
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Probable cause
An in-flight collision with a goose.
Findings · 1
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, while en route, about 1,500 ft, he saw a goose approaching the airplane. He added that he attempted to turn and avoid the goose, but the goose impacted the windscreen. The pilot landed the airplane at a nearby airport without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the windscreen and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that while en route, about 1,500 ft., he saw a goose approaching the airplane. He added that he attempted to turn and avoid the goose, but the goose impacted the windscreen. The pilot landed the airplane at a nearby airport without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the windscreen and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N754KP
- Reported as
- Cessna 208 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208B1264
- Built
- 2007
- Airframe hours
- 2,423.3
- Engine
- Honeywell TPE331-12JR, 900 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kalinin Partners LLC, doing business as Alaska Seaplanes
- Registered owner
- Kalinin Partners LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 10, 2017
- Departed
- JNU · Juneau, AK
- Destination
- SGY · Skagway, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot
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
- 24
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 18, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,075 total · 95 in this make and model · 910 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.81 inHg
- Observed at
- PAGY, 9 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 5, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 848 KB 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 N754KP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.