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Date
July 29, 1987 · 17:49 local
Place
Great Falls, MT
Airport
Great Falls International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JIKA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N122CA
Reported as
AMD Falcon
Reported engine
GE CF7002D2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,600 total995 in this make and model65 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.
The aircraft hit numerous birds on takeoff. The flight safely returned. Engine compressor and fan damaged.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT HIT NUMEROUS BIRDS ON TAKEOFF. THE FLIGHT SAFELY RETURNED. ENGINE COMPRESSOR AND FAN DAMAGED.