Bird strike Accident Cessna 402C VH-ANO, Monday 11 November 1985

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Date:	Monday 11 November 1985
Time:	15:37
Type:	Cessna 402C
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-ANO
MSN:	402C0028
Year of manufacture:	1981
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Batchelor, NT - Australia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	YBCR
Destination airport:	YPKT
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot reported that as the aircraft was climbing through 3000 feet when it suffered a bird strike. The aircraft was landed at the departure aerodrome without further incident. The bird, an eagle, became embedded in the vertical stabiliser.

Accident investigation: