# Incident 19981105042999I: Cessna S550, Fort Smith, AR, November 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1998
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103QS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981105042999I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT V1 A COVEY OF DOVES LIFTED FROM RUNWAY HIT RIGHT WING AND INTO TO RIGHT ENGINE. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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