# Incident 20080108000519I: Pilats PC1245, Caldwell, NJ, January 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N541PB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090551, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080108000519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 2100Z A PILATUS PC-12-45 AIRCRAFT N541PB, ATTEMPTED A TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 22 AT THE CDW AIRPORT. DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET DOWN THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A FLOCK OF 200 BIRDS AIRBORNE IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF WHICH RESULTED IN A FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE (SKID). THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 22. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SUNK INTO THE MUD. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO BIRD INJECTION INTO THE TURBINE ENGINE AIR INLET. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND DEPARTED THE CDW AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N541PB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220218002099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220218002099I), Feb 18, 2022: Pilatus PC-12/45 (N541PB), San Angelo, TX, No damage. On February 18, 2022, at approximately 1500, a Pilatus PC12 aircraft bearing registration number N541PB, registered to a private owner, experienced a right…

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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