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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Farmington, NM · November 28, 2011

Date: November 28, 2011 · 09:22 local
Place: Farmington, NM
Airport: Four Corners Regional
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N414UM
Reported as: Cessna 414A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 30,300 total90 in the last 90 days

N414UMRegistered now · Cessna 414AS/N 414A0858 · Built 1982 Airframe modelCessna 414A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 28, 2011, at 0930 MDT, N414UM, a Cessna aircraft company model CE-414A, twin engine airplane, registered to privacy data omitted and a group of partners, was flying at 6500 feet MSL on a right downwind departure from runway 7 at Four Corners Regional Airport (fmn), Farmington, NM, when the aircraft struck a duck with the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft remained in the traffic pattern and made a safe landing at fmn. The pilot and the two passengers were not injured. The aircraft received minor damage. The radome was broken inward where it attached, right of center on its upper surface, to the forward nose baggage compartment bulkhead and that bulkhead sustained a break in its outer circumference and was bent rearward.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 28, 2011, AT 0930 MDT, N414UM, A CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY MODEL CE-414A, TWIN ENGINE AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND A GROUP OF PARTNERS, WAS FLYING AT 6500 FEET MSL ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 7 AT FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT (FMN), FARMINGTON, NM, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DUCK WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND MADE A SAFE LANDING AT FMN. THE PILOT AND THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE RADOME WAS BROKEN INWARD WHERE IT ATTACHED, RIGHT OF CENTER ON ITS UPPER SURFACE, TO THE FORWARD NOSE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT BULKHEAD AND THAT BULKHEAD SUSTAINED A BREAK IN ITS OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE AND WAS BENT REARWARD.