Beech B300 accident near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 9, 2024
On April 9, 2024 at about 12:13 pm local time, a 1999 Beech B300, registered N243MH, was substantially damaged in an accident during initial climb near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Wiley Post Airport). It was an executive or corporate flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
An in-flight collision with a bird during the initial climb.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 9, 2024 · about 12:13 pm local time
- Place
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Wiley Post Airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech B300, built 1999 · all B300s on the register
- Registration
- N243MH · registry record · serial FL243
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive or corporate flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot reported that, during the initial climb, the airplane hit a goose. The pilot notified air traffic control and returned to the departure airport without further incident. A post-accident examination revealed substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Birdstrike during initial climb defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Environmental issues › Physical environment › Object/animal/substance › Animal(s)/bird(s) › Ability to respond/compensate
- Environmental issues › Physical environment › Object/animal/substance › Animal(s)/bird(s) › Effect on equipment
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,727 hours in all; 626 in this make and model; 30 in the last 90 days; 10 in the last 30 days; 1,458 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: November 13, 2023
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (without waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Co-pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 19,140 hours in all; 660 in this make and model; 29 in the last 90 days; 17 in the last 30 days; 18,000 as pilot in command; 1,600 on instruments
- Last flight review: October 8, 2023
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (without waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 8,353.5 hours
- Last inspection: approved inspection programme, May 1, 2023
- Maximum gross weight: 15,000 lb
- Seats: 11
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6-60A (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: Allen Contracting INC
The flight
- Departed from: PWA Bethany OK at 12:12 pm
- Destination: MKY Marco Island FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 35R, 7,199 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: dawn
- Wind: from 020° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 54°F (12°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter: 29.92 inHg
- Observation at 6:53 am from PWA
Weather report (METAR): KPWA 091153Z 02010KT 7SM CLR 12/04 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP124 T01220039
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN24LA153.