# NTSB SEA07CA015: Cessna 210E, N4942U, Friday Harbor, WA, October 21, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 20, 2006, 17:30 local (Oct 21, 2006, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA
- Coordinates: 48.521945, -123.024444
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5219&lon=-123.0244&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64831
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64831/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA015

## Probable cause

An in-flight collision with a bird during takeoff.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - bird(s)

## Analysis

After taking off on Runway 16 and climbing through 300 feet, the airplane suddenly yawed to the right.  Subsequently the pilot determined that he had experienced a bird strike, prompting him to gain altitude before circling to the right and landing uneventfully on Runway 16.  The airplane's right forward wing spar, about 1 foot inboard from the right wing tip, had sustained substantial damage as a result of the bird strike.  As a result of the bird not being detected prior to its impact with the airplane, the pilot did not take evasive action to avoid a collision with the bird.

## Factual narrative

After taking off on Runway 16 and climbing through 300 feet, the airplane suddenly yawed to the right.  Subsequently the pilot determined that he had experienced a bird strike, prompting him to gain altitude before circling to the right and landing uneventfully on Runway 16.  The airplane's right forward wing spar, about 1 foot inboard from the right wing tip, had sustained substantial damage as a result of the bird strike.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4942U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4942U), registered now, S/N 21058642, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 210E
- Registry model: [Cessna 210E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (registry code 2073416) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058642
- Engines: Continental IO520A reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bernard D. Johnstron
- Registered owner: Bernard D. Johnstorn & Jeffrey B. Kaseburg
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: FHR, Friday Harbor, WA
- Destination: 1S0, Puyallup, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 567 total, 161 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20061020029499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061020029499A), Oct 20, 2006: Cessna 210E, Friday Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) At 17:30 local time at Friday Harbor, Washington airport, aircraft Cessna 210E, N4942U began a takeoff down runway 16. Just after wheels left the ground,…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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