Beechcraft V35B N328HR
26 October 2013 · Palm Coast, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 October 2013 at about 18:21 local time, a Beechcraft V35B registered N328HR was involved in an accident near Palm Coast, Florida, United States. 3 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:21
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Palm Coast, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Flagler County (XFL)
- Coordinates
- 29.4675, -81.2064
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft V35B
- Registration
- N328HR
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1979
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Palm Coast → Palm Coast
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA14CA032
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
An inadvertent collision with a black vulture.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot, the airplane was at 1,000 feet, airspeed about 100 knots, and he was following tower instructions to enter a right downwind for the runway. Approaching the downwind leg, he saw a large black bird and commented to his passengers that they had to keep an eye on it in case they needed to maneuver. The pilot continued toward the airport, looking for traffic and birds, and within a few seconds the airplane was very close to the bird. The pilot descended the airplane to where he thought it would pass overhead, but the bird then dove at the last second and the pilot heard a "thud" on the cabin roof. There were no other indications of impact, and the pilot continued a "normal" right base, a right turn to final, and landing. Once back at his hangar, the pilot noticed the substantial damage to the left ruddervator. A feather retrieved from the ruddervator impact site was examined "whole feather" and microscopically, and was determined to be from a black vulture (coragyps atratus) with an average weight about 4.7 pounds.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft V35B accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2013 | Beechcraft V35B | Kernville, California, United States | 7435B Bonanza Partnership | No injuries | - |
| 25 Oct 2014 | Beechcraft V35B | Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States | J & J Aviation LLC | No injuries | - |
| 2 May 2014 | Beechcraft V35B | Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 11 May 2012 | Beechcraft V35B | Las Vegas, New Mexico, United States | Siegel Robert M | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Aug 2014 | Beechcraft V35B | Novato, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Mar 2012 | Beechcraft V35B | Malvern, Arkansas, United States | Cole Gaither | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2013 | Cessna A185F | Palatka, Florida, United States | Lindsay A. Weaver | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jun 2013 | Cessna 340A | Boynton Beach, Florida, United States | Paul S. Soule Enterprises, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Jul 2013 | Cessna 172S | New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States | Phoenix East Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 2013 | Boswell John J AIR CAM 912S | West Palm Beach, Florida, United States | John Workman | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Feb 2013 | Cessna T337C | New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Jun 2013 | Piper PA-46-500TP | West Palm Beach, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |