# Incident 20040805019619I: Lear 31, Concord, NC, August 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2004, 20:47 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Concord Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: S1FA
- Location: 35.4088° N, 80.5795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Concord, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4088&lon=-80.5795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N706SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 31
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 223 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040805019619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/05/04 AT 2047 LOCAL, N706SA REPORTED IT SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE WHILE LANDING ON RWY 2 AT CONCORD REGIONAL AIRPORT (JQF), CONCORD, NC. IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, PIC STATED AT 50 FEET ABOVE THE RWY, JUST AS HE WAS BRINGING THE POWER BACK AND STARTING TO FLARE, A FLOCK OF GEESE FLEW ACROSS THE RUNWAY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AT THEIR ALTITUDE RESULTING INTO NUMEROUS BIRD STRIKES. SIC STATED THEY IMMEDIATELY STARTED GETTING AN ENGINE VIBRATION WHILE THE PIC CONTINUED THE LANDING, WHICH WAS UNEVENTFUL. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION SHOWED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE HAD INGESTED A LARGE BIRD. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDED NUMEROUS FAN BLADES, TEMP PROBE, EXHAUST, AND FUSELAGE ADJACENT TO THE ENGINE AND ON TOP OF THE LEFT WING UNDER THE ENGINE INTAKE. THERE WAS ALSO MINOR DAMAGE ON THE TOP UPPER CENTER OF THE LEFT FLAP, LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS AT MID POINT, LEFT DELTA FIN AND VERTICAL STABILIZER JUST UNDER THE RECOGNITION LIGHT. DURING THE RUNWAY INSPECTION, 7 DEAD GEESE (MOTHER AND 6 LITTLE ONES) WERE FOUND ON THE RUNWAY ABOUT 300 FEET DOWN FROM THE APPROACH END.

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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