C310, vicinity Wolf Point MT USA, 2000

C310, vicinity Wolf Point MT USA, 2000

Summary

On 25 May 2000, a commercially operated Cessna 310R on a positioning flight encountered a flock of geese in VMC at about 600 feet agl after a daylight take off from Wolf Point MT and one of the geese impacted and broke through the windscreen causing the pilot to loose control and the aircraft to crash.

Description

On 25 May 2000, a commercially operated Cessna 310R on a positioning flight encountered a flock of geese in Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) at about 600 feet agl after a daylight take off from Wolf Point MT and one of the geese impacted and broke through the windscreen causing the pilot to loose control and the aircraft to crash.

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