- Date
- February 27, 1986, 06:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7293BBeech J35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860227003979A
- Case key
- 24943
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with an object in flt. The plt reported that his right wing had been struck by what he thought was a large bird. After a safe landing at nearby Long Beach arpt the acft was examined. The rt wing had a hole aft of the leading edge and numerous scrape marks on the underside. There was no evidence of bird remains. The damage appears to have been made by a metallic object.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7293B
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D5655
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental I0-470, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy W. Peck
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1985 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- L18 · Fallbrook, CA
- Destination
- HHR · Hawthorne, CA
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,750 total · 1,750 in this make and model · 42 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.