FAA incident report · EMB EMB120 · Salt Lake City, UT · July 31, 2009
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Skywest flight 7780 departed slc. On climb out they struck a large bird. The crew elected to return to slc for maintenance to look at the aircraft.
(-23) SKYWEST FLIGHT 7780 DEPARTED SLC. ON CLIMB OUT THEY STRUCK A LARGE BIRD. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO SLC FOR MAINTENANCE TO LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT.