Cessna 210E N4942U

Summary

On 21 October 2006 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna 210E registered N4942U, operated by Bernard D. Johnstron, was involved in an accident near Friday Harbor, Washington, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 October 2006 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Friday Harbor, Washington, United States

Coordinates

48.5219, -123.0244

Aircraft

Cessna 210E

Registration

N4942U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bernard D. Johnstron

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Friday Harbor → Puyallup

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA07CA015

Nobody was injured.

An in-flight collision with a bird during takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB 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. 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.