# Incident 20130823015229I: Eclipse Aviation Corp EA500, Petaluma, CA, August 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2013, 09:25 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N516EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N516EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eclipse EA500 (registry code 3350000, https://openairdocs.org/model/eclipse-ea500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A (registry code 52267, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw610f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ECLIPSE AVIATION CORP EA500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW610F-A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,574 total, 763 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130823015229I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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