# Incident 20050116002069I: Lear 55LEAR, Ft Lauderdale, FL, January 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2005, 07:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EZKA
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N667MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N667MB-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 55 (registry code 5170804, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 55LEAR
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050116002069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED RUNWAY 26 AT FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE (FXE), ENTERED IMC @ 600'. PASSING THRU 800", CREW HEARD LOUD BANG BUT SAW NOTHING. PRECAUTIONARY RETURN FOR LANDING AND FOUND BIRD STRIKE.

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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