- Date
- January 25, 1978
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N231LJBeech TC45J
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780125004929I
- Case key
- 142851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0002 78/1/25 NORFOLK,VA BEECH TC45J CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, TIME - 1213 N231LJ PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YPSILANTI,MI NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: BIRD INGESTION REMARKS- BIRDS PRESUMED TO BE SEAGULLS.DMG TO WING LEADING EDGES,R GR DOOR,#2 ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231LJ
- Reported as
- Beech TC45J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Norfolk Intl
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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.
Other investigations on N231LJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.