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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cvac Stcapjc · Elmire, NY · May 4, 1978

Date: May 4, 1978 · 17:45 local
Place: Elmire, NY
Airport: Chemung Co
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: USA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5811
Reported as: Cvac Stcapjc
People aboard: 51
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 14,900 total2,900 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5811Registration cancelled Oct 18, 1984 · Convair 440S/N 459 Airframe modelConvair 440

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Encountered bird strike on descent.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED BIRD STRIKE ON DESCENT.

Other reports on N5811 · 5

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19840412022159INormal Cruise · Milwaukee, WISmelled smoke in cockpit. Went through checklist for electrical fire. Compass amplifier had overheated.Apr 12, 1984 · Reported as Cvac Stcapjc · Minor damage Incident 19840321012579ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Allentown, PAObserved overtemp during takeoff. Right engine auto-feathered. Cause undetermined.Mar 21, 1984 · Reported as Cvac Stcapjc Incident 19790401013639IClimb · Binghamton, NYC 4 compass system failed, intermittent flag on the other. Water in repeaters of both and lifters.Apr 1, 1979 · Reported as Cvac 340CVAC Incident 19790330013039IClimb · Binghamton, NYFlight returned due to cargo door warning light. Relatched door and departed.Mar 30, 1979 · Reported as Cvac Stcapjc Incident 19790327011789IClimb · Binghamton, NYFlight returned when door open light came on shortly after takeoff. Door was reclosed, no further problem.Mar 27, 1979 · Reported as Cvac Stcapjc