# Incident 20131209023919I: Cessna 560XL, Sioux City, IA, December 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series (registry code 52154, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545 SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131209023919I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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