20131028021319I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Learjet 35A · Kodiak, AK · October 28, 2013

Date
October 28, 2013 · 09:51 local
Place
Kodiak, AK
Airport
Kodiak Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
O9IA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N542LM
Reported as
Learjet 35A
Reported engine
Garrett TFE-731 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,262 total

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.

The aircraft departed adq and sustained a bird strike 1/2 mile off the departure end of rwy 7. The bird struck the right outboard leading edge of the wing. No emergency declared, aircraft returned to adq and landed on rwy 25 without further incident. The damage to the aircraft was limited to the right wing outboard leading edge, and was determined to be minor.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ADQ AND SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE 1/2 MILE OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY 7. THE BIRD STRUCK THE RIGHT OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE WING. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ADQ AND LANDED ON RWY 25 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE, AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE MINOR.