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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hawker Beechcraft B200GT · Albert Lea, MN · October 24, 2013

Date: October 24, 2013 · 12:15 local
Place: Albert Lea, MN
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N823SF
Reported as: Hawker Beechcraft B200GT
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,350 total600 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N823SFRegistered now · Hawker Beechcraft B200GTS/N BY-106 · Built 2010 Airframe modelHawker Beechcraft B200GT Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52Turbo-prop

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What happened

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

During descent into the Albert Lea, MN airport (kael), the aircraft encountered a flock of geese. Two of the geese struck the aircraft causing minor damage.

Damage consisted of a dent in the right wing leading edge measuring approximately 19" wide and 5" deep. Remnants of a strike could also be seen on one of the four composite propeller blades on the left engine and on the face of the heat exchanger on the inboard left wing leading edge.

As the FAA filed it

DURING DESCENT INTO THE ALBERT LEA, MN AIRPORT (KAEL), THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF GEESE. TWO OF THE GEESE STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A DENT IN THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 19" WIDE AND 5" DEEP. REMNANTS OF A STRIKE COULD ALSO BE SEEN ON ONE OF THE FOUR COMPOSITE PROPELLER BLADES ON THE LEFT ENGINE AND ON THE FACE OF THE HEAT EXCHANGER ON THE INBOARD LEFT WING LEADING EDGE.