19781126024499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 25B · New Orleans, LA · November 26, 1978

Date: November 26, 1978 · 10:38 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lakefront
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N25TA
Reported as: Lear 25B
Reported engine: GE CJ6106
People aboard: 8
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N25TARegistration cancelled Jun 18, 1980 · Gates Lear Jet 25BS/N 196 · Built 1975 Airframe modelGates Lear Jet 25B

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.

When crossing threshold pilot heard thump as birds crossed path. Bird strike to craft.

As the FAA filed it

WHEN CROSSING THRESHOLD PILOT HEARD THUMP AS BIRDS CROSSED PATH. BIRD STRIKE TO CRAFT.

Other reports on N25TA · 1

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

Accident 19800411026429ANormal Cruise · Conlon, TXInvestigation indicates possible runway pitch trim. Spoilers were deployed. Would aggrevate full nose down trim.Apr 11, 1980 · Destroyed