# Incident 19990409003349I: Lear 25D, Omaha, NE, April 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1999, 19:38 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N988AS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 25D (registry code 5170514, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-25d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-SER series (registry code 30006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25D
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990409003349I

## Narrative

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

AIRSTAR INTERNATIONAL AIR AMBULANCE STRUCK SEVERAL SEAGULLS ON TAKE-OFF AND BOTH ENGINES SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE 2 POB, THE ACFT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-5) WHILE TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 32L AT OMA EPPLEY FIELD, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FLOCK OF GULLS APPROXIMATELY 40' AGL. THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 36. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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