Thursday, October 21, 2021

Cessna 550 Citation II, N750TB: Incident occurred October 20, 2021 in Okeechobee, Florida




Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Orlando, Florida

Aircraft struck multiple birds enroute and post flight inspection revealed right wing fuel tank was punctured. 

Lock Haven Aircraft Sales Inc


Date: 20-OCT-21
Time: 16:45:00Z
Regis#: N750TB
Aircraft Make: CESSNA
Aircraft Model: 550
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
Operation: 91
City: OKEECHOBEE
State: FLORIDA

2 comments:

  1. Would like to hear more, I can't see how this could happen en route unless it was a VFR reposition.

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    1. Mingling at the lower level with the birds of south Florida. Here is leg 2, leg 1 looks like training.

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