ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288608
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 April 2010 |
| Time: | 20:51 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft T-42A Cochise (Baron) |
| Owner/operator: | North Dakota Attorney General |
| Registration: | N70283 |
| MSN: | TF-45 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11093 hours |
| Engine model: | Teledyne Continental IO-470-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Center, ND -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bismarck Airport, ND (BIS/KBIS) |
| Hazen-Mercer County Regional Airport, ND (KHZE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane collided with several Mallard ducks during an instructional flight in night visual meteorological conditions. The pilot-in-command reported that, as the airplane was descending through 4,200 feet, he heard a 'loud pop†and felt a 'violent rush of air.†The flight instructor, seated in the right seat, sustained serious injuries when one duck penetrated the right cockpit windshield and struck his face. The pilot-in-command seated in the left seat was not injured. The flight crew decided to return to the departure airport and made an uneventful landing. A postaccident inspection revealed that the airplane had received substantial structural damage to the right wing leading edge. All observed damage to the windshield and nose cone was consistent with the airplane colliding with several birds during flight.
Probable Cause: The inadvertent in-flight collision with several Mallard ducks.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN10TA194
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2022 00:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 07-Jun-2023 13:01 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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