19881022062429I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bag JETSTM3101 · Bridgeport, CT · October 22, 1988

Date
October 22, 1988 · 07:22 local
Place
Bridgeport, CT
Airport
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VNAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N837JS
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3101
Reported engine
Garrett TPE331*
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,950 total800 in this make and model200 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.

Hit seagulls on takeoff. One ingested in engine. Secured and returned. Landed safely. Over maximum weight landing.

As the FAA filed it

HIT SEAGULLS ON TAKEOFF. ONE INGESTED IN ENGINE. SECURED AND RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. OVER MAXIMUM WEIGHT LANDING.

Other reports on N837JS · 4

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