19781118026049I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35LEAR · Wilmington, DE · November 18, 1978

Date
November 18, 1978 · 15:55 local
Place
Wilmington, DE
Airport
Greater Wilmingto
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7236L
Reported as
Lear 35LEAR
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,100 total750 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft sustained five bird strikes on takeoff roll.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FIVE BIRD STRIKES ON TAKEOFF ROLL.