- Date
- July 23, 2018, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N866VPCessna 560
- Defining event
- Enroute: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 97863
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Probable cause
The airplane’s collision with a bird during approach.
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, during approach, he observed a bird flying nearby and then heard a "thump" and felt an impact above his head. The pilot landed the airplane without further incident. Postaccident examination revealed that a bird had impacted the airplane's vertical stabilizer, which sustained substantial damage. 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, during approach, he observed a bird flying in the vicinity and then heard a "thump" and felt an impact above his head. The pilot landed the airplane without further incident. A postaccident examination revealed that a bird had impacted the airplane's vertical stabilizer, which sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N866VP
- Reported as
- Cessna 560 (Undesignat)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 560-0704
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 2,574.4
- Engines
- P&Wc PW535A, 3,400 lbs thrust, turbo fanP&Wc PW535A, 3,400 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Burgess Aircraft Management, LLC, doing business as OzAir Charter Service
- Registered owner
- Encore N866vp Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Destination
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TUL · Tulsa Intl, runway 36L, 6,101 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 6, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 3,130 total · 835 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 1, 2017
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 275 in this make and model · 4,600 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 11 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 16,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- KTUL
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 30, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 980 KB in all.