# Incident 20091023051079I: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, Sioux Falls, SD, October 23, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2009, 19:40 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Sioux Falls Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5855° N, 96.7412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5855&lon=-96.7412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400RX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400RX-2013-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (registry code 5780411, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,019 total, 48 in this make and model, 273 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091023051079I

## Narrative

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

NIGHT VFR DEPARTURE FROM KFSD TO KANE.  FLAPS 5 AND GEAR UP.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK UNSEEN BIRD DURING INITIAL CLIMB OUT SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE.  AUTO PILOT WAS DISENGAGED AND AIRCRAFT SHOWED ZERO ADVERSE HANDLING QUALITIES. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION OF ALL SYSTEMS, FOUND NO REASON TO RETURN TO KFSD AND MADE DECISION TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT. *PART 91-REPOSITIONING FLIGHT *OTHER - BIRD STRIKE FORM COMPLETED BY PILOT.

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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