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Tower controller report that a pilot of a beech baron BE58 called after landing and stated that he hit an object, possibly a bird, while on base leg. Pilot reports appreciable damage to the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 420421 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199811 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cxy |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2400 msl bound upper : 2400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Baron 58/58TC |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 42 |
| ASRS Report | 420421 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft #1 landing cxy runway 30. Aircraft #1 landed runway 30 at XA13 without incident. Pilot of aircraft #1 called me on phone to tell me that he hit an object while on base leg to runway 30. Appreciable damage to aircraft! Human error. Altimeter setting. WX no factor.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TWR CTLR RPT THAT A PLT OF A BEECH BARON BE58 CALLED AFTER LNDG AND STATED THAT HE HIT AN OBJECT, POSSIBLY A BIRD, WHILE ON BASE LEG. PLT RPTS APPRECIABLE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT.
Narrative: ACFT #1 LNDG CXY RWY 30. ACFT #1 LANDED RWY 30 AT XA13 WITHOUT INCIDENT. PLT OF ACFT #1 CALLED ME ON PHONE TO TELL ME THAT HE HIT AN OBJECT WHILE ON BASE LEG TO RWY 30. APPRECIABLE DAMAGE TO ACFT! HUMAN ERROR. ALTIMETER SETTING. WX NO FACTOR.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.