# Incident 20130425007369I: Learjet Inc 45, April 25, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2013, 20:42 local time
- Airport: Aiken Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: C5GA
- Aircraft: N526CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N526CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 45 (registry code 5170805, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE731-20AR (registry code 33918, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe731-20ar) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 45
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE731-20AR
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,100 total, 580 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/20130425007369I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 25, 2013 ON ABOUT 20:42 N526CF, A BOMBARDIER LR-45 STRUCK A DEER ON TAKE OFF AT AIKEN, SC (KAIK), NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR DEPARTED THE A/C AND THE LEFT FLAP WAS DAMAGED.

FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND THE FLAPS IN THE TAKEOFF CONFIGURATION, AND LAND AT COLUMBIA, SC (KCAE).

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT CAE.

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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