36.0999° N, 80.2442° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Winston-Salem, NC, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 27, 2011 · 10:00 local
Place
Winston Salem, NC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
5FGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N307BS
Reported as
Cessna 525
Reported engine
Williams FJ-44 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days
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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot reported during the touch down phase of landing the right engine and nacelle was hit by a bird.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT REPORTED DURING THE TOUCH DOWN PHASE OF LANDING THE RIGHT ENGINE AND NACELLE WAS HIT BY A BIRD.