# Incident 20100816043129I: Bombardier CL-600-2B16, Opa Locka, FL, August 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2010, 08:20 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N954L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B16
- Reported engine: GE CF34 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100816043129I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 16, 2010, A CHALLENGER (CL-600-2B16) REGISTRATION NUMBER N954L WAS DEPARTING FROM KOPF TO KTEB.  A TOTAL OF SIX PERSONS WERE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHICH INCLUDED THE CREW.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 30 WHEN AT THE TAKE OFF ROLL THEY ENCOUNTERED 5 TO 10 SMALL DOVES.  THE PILOTS HEARD A SMALL THUMP AT ROTATION, SO THEY CALLED THE TOWER TO ADVISE THEM OF A POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE.  ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL IN THE COCKPIT, SO THEY DECIDED TO PROCEED ONTO KTEB.  ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOTS RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE ATC CENTER ADVISING THEM THAT BIRD REMAINS WERE FOUND ON RUNWAY 30.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KTEB, INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A SMALL BLOOD STAIN ON THE LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE JUST BEHIND THE RADOME.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY MERIDIAN JET CENTER (REPAIR STATION NUMBER IMJR053F) UNDER WORK ORDER NUMBER 100821. THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES WERE INSPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAINTENACE MANUAL 05-51-20.  NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND.

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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