20131209023919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · Sioux City, IA · December 9, 2013

Date
December 9, 2013 · 18:00 local
Place
Sioux City, IA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N502BC
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

On approach to Sioux City airport a flock of geese were encountered. At least on goose struck the aircraft causing minor damage to the radome and the stall fence on the left wing.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH TO SIOUX CITY AIRPORT A FLOCK OF GEESE WERE ENCOUNTERED. AT LEAST ON GOOSE STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RADOME AND THE STALL FENCE ON THE LEFT WING.