NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CEN11TA027
Registry · N1TR
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BEECHCRAFT CORP B300
Year of manufacture
2013
Engine
P&W CANADA PT6A-60A (1050 hp)
Seats / Engines
19 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20130909
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A001BB
Registrant of record
TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
An in-flight collision with a flock of birds while the airplane was descending through a cloud layer.
Factual narrative
On October 18, 2010, at 1253 central daylight time, N1TR, a Beech A100 multiengine airplane, received substantial damage after impacting several birds near Palestine, Texas. The pilot, co-pilot, and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was owned and operated by Trinity River Authority of Texas, Arlington, Texas. The flight was descending through a cloud layer and was in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) at the time of the accident. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed for the public use flight. The airplane had departed the Arlington Municipal Airport (GKY), Arlington, Texas, at 1225, and was en route for the Palestine Municipal Airport (PSN), Palestine, Texas. The pilot reported that the airplane was descending through 4,000 feet in IMC, when the airplane struck multiple birds. The airplane shuttered; however, the pilot reported that the airplane was controllable and that the airplane handling was not adversely affected. The flight crew elected to return to GKY and landed without further incident. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the left wing leading edge and spar outboard of the stall fence. The leading edge of the vertical stabilizer sustained minor damage. Bird remains and feathers were observed near the damaged area of the left wing and the vertical fin of the tail section. The airplane collided with several birds as it descended though a cloud layer. The flight crew reported that there were no observed flight control issues; however, they elected to return to the departure airport and landed without incident. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed bird remains along the substantially damaged left wing. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- C Environmental issues-Physical environment-Object/animal/substance-Animal(s)/bird(s)-Effect on operation - C
- — Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Ceiling/visibility/precip-Low visibility-Contributed to outcome
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2010_CEN11TA027.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall, imc). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.
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Enhanced Prediction of Three-dimensional Finite Iced Wing Separated Flow Near Stall
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- Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons 2021 · Journal article (JAAER)
Analysis on the Negative Emotional, Physiological, and Cognitive Responses Elicited from of the Activation of a Stall Alarm
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