19991130036679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dorner DO328100 · Pittsburgh, PA · November 30, 1999

Date: November 30, 1999 · 14:40 local
Place: Pittsburgh, PA
Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: VNAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N437JS
Reported as: Dorner DO328100
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PW119B
People aboard: 28
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,088 total1,988 in this make and model112 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.

(-23) Flight 4022 departed runway 28 left at Pittsburgh international airport (pit). At about 400 ft. AGL, the aircraft sustained a bird strike in the right engine. They returned to pit and landed without incident. Minor damage to the aircraft was noted. Damage sustained was a bent propeller spinner, engine cowling. The aircraft was taken out of service and flown to a maintenance station for engine inspection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT 4022 DEPARTED RUNWAY 28 LEFT AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PIT). AT ABOUT 400 FT. AGL, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE IN THE RIGHT ENGINE. THEY RETURNED TO PIT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED. DAMAGE SUSTAINED WAS A BENT PROPELLER SPINNER, ENGINE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND FLOWN TO A MAINTENANCE STATION FOR ENGINE INSPECTION.