- Date
- July 12, 2019, 14:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N262BKCessna 525
- Defining event
- Approach: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190712011329A
- Case key
- 99967
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 during approach.
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 pilot reported that, while being vectored for an instrument landing system approach on an instrument flight plan, he flew through some clouds, and the airplane encountered multiple birds. One bird struck the left wing, which resulted in substantial damage to the wing. 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 being vectored for an instrument landing system approach on an instrument flight plan, he flew through some clouds and encountered multiple birds. He added that one bird struck the left wing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N262BK
- Reported as
- Cessna 525 (Undesignat)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 525-0262
- Built
- 1998
- Airframe hours
- 4,811.9
- Engines
- Williams FJ44IA, 1,900 lbs thrust, turbo fanWilliams FJ44IA, 1,900 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Omicron Business Services Inc
- Registered owner
- Omicron Business Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 26, 2019
- Departed
- AVL · Asheville, NC
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORL · Executive, runway 25, 6,004 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display
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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 24, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 17,535 total · 4,375 in this make and model · 17,230 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KORL
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 18, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.7 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.