# Incident 19991130036679I: Dorner DO328100, Pittsburgh, PA, November 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1999, 14:40 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VNAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N437JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328100
- Reported engine: PWA PW119B
- People aboard: 28
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,088 total, 1,988 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991130036679I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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