# Incident 20121024022729I: Embraer S A EMB-505, Gainesville, FL, October 24, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2012, 17:33 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100FG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100FG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer S A EMB-505 (registry code 326040C, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-emb-505) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E (registry code 52297, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw535e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER S A EMB-505
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW535E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,283 total, 107 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121024022729I

## Narrative

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

A COMMUTER CARRIER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE WHILE INBOUND APPROACH TO GAINESVILLE REGIONAL. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VFR AND WINDS MILD, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM RUNWAY 11 AT 2000 FEET AND DESCENDING. THE CREW ON BOARD IDENTIFIED THE BIRDS ABOUT A HALF OF MILE IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BEFORE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION COULD BE INPUT ONE OF THE BIRDS DOVE INTO THE RADOME. THE BIRD IMPALED ITSELF INTO THE NOSE RADOME CAUSING RADAR EQUIPMENT DAMAGE AND SUBSEQUENT FAILURE. UPON EVALUATION THE AIRCRAFT WOULD REQUIRE FURTHER MAINTENANCE AND A FERRY PERMIT WAS REQUESTED & ISSUED ON 10/26/2012 TO DO SO. THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT CONTACTED THEIR EMBRAER FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FOR GUIDANCE AND ALLOWABLE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES REQUIRED BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH ANY FURTHER FLIGHT. THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE PROVIDED THIS OFFICE WITH ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS NEEDED TO COMPLETE OUR INVESTIGATION AND A ONETIME FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED TRANSPORTING THE AIRCRAFT TO SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THE REPAIRS. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.

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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