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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Eclipse EA500 · Petaluma, CA · August 23, 2013

Date
August 23, 2013 · 09:25 local
Place
Petaluma, CA
Airport
Petaluma Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N516EA
Reported as
Eclipse EA500
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,574 total763 in this make and model52 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.

N516EA experanced a bird strike upon take-off roll out. At 0925 local time N516EA a Eclipse aviation / EA500, was struck by what appeared to be 6 pigions. Of which, one was ingested in the left engine, one struck the right wing leading edge and one struck the tail section. The left engine flamed out and the pilot elected to abort the take off. Durning the braking the right tire blew out. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway and struck a runway marker light. Both wheels and brakes were subjected to extream heat and require replacement. The left engine has experianced FOD dammage, requiring detailed inspection before returned to service. No injuries to ground personnel, flight crew, or passengers were reported.

As the FAA filed it

N516EA EXPERANCED A BIRD STRIKE UPON TAKE-OFF ROLL OUT. AT 0925 LOCAL TIME N516EA A ECLIPSE AVIATION / EA500, WAS STRUCK BY WHAT APPEARED TO BE 6 PIGIONS. OF WHICH, ONE WAS INGESTED IN THE LEFT ENGINE, ONE STRUCK THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AND ONE STRUCK THE TAIL SECTION. THE LEFT ENGINE FLAMED OUT AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKE OFF. DURNING THE BRAKING THE RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT. BOTH WHEELS AND BRAKES WERE SUBJECTED TO EXTREAM HEAT AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. THE LEFT ENGINE HAS EXPERIANCED FOD DAMMAGE, REQUIRING DETAILED INSPECTION BEFORE RETURNED TO SERVICE. NO INJURIES TO GROUND PERSONNEL, FLIGHT CREW, OR PASSENGERS WERE REPORTED.