# Incident 19961123043279I: Frchld SA227DC, Jonesboro, AR, November 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1996, 07:55 local time
- Place: Jonesboro, AR
- Airport: Jonesboro Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EQGA
- Location: 35.8317° N, 90.6464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JONESBORO MUNI (JBR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8317&lon=-90.6464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N847LS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N847LS-2004-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-DC (registry code 3377521, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD SA227DC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33112UA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40,000 total, 7,300 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961123043279I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: LONE STAR FLIGHT 1212 WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND AT JBR WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 2000' AGL. A LARGE FLOCK OF BIRDS WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE BIRDS WERE IDENTIFIED AS POSSIBLY GEESE. ONE BIRD STRUCK THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THE CREW ABANDONED THE APPROACH AND RETURNED TO HOT SPRINGS, AR WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW.

## Other reports on N847LS (1)

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

- [Incident 20020917025469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020917025469I), Sep 17, 2002: Frchld SA227DC (N847LS), Denver, CO. (-23) Aircraft landed runway 35L at Denver. Passengers and crew evacuated aircraft on taxiway M6 after pilot reported smoke in cockpit. Maintenance determined…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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