# Accident 20140313004209A: Raytheon Aircraft Company 400A, Rochester, NY, March 13, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Rochester International Airpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1192° N, 77.6672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1192&lon=-77.6672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N193BJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 400A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-5
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,850 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG14IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140313004209A

## Narrative

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

"INCIDENT REPORT - BIRD STRIKE N193BJ ON 03/13/2014, AT- KROC - KSGJ 10:20AM DEPARTURE DEPARTING FROM US AIRPORTS FLIGHT SUPPORT, PIC, SIC + 5 PASSENGERS

FROM PIC STATEMENT:

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:20 AM ON MARCH 13TH, 2014, I WAS CAPTAIN ON N193BJ.  AFTER GIVEN CLEARANCE FOR TAKE-OFF, WE TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 4, STOPPED, APPLIED TAKE-OFF POWER AND BEGAN THE NORMAL TAKE-OFF PROCEDURE.  THE TAKE-OFF WAS NORMAL AND AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET THE AIRCRAFT INGESTED A LARGE BIRD IN THE RIGHT ENGINE.  THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY FAILED.  MY FIRST OFFICE AND I THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND FOLLOWED THE AIRCRAFTS EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT."

NOTE FROM FAA IIC

- THE ATIS RECORDING FROM THAT DAY DID NOT MENTION BIRD ACTIVITY OR WARNINGS.  CURRENT SEASON FOR THE MIGRATION OF THE SNOW GOOSE.

- AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION DATES - DATE OF ISSUE MAY 29, 2013; EXPIRATION DATE MAY 31, 2016

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ENG14IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA011), Mar 13, 2014: Raytheon 400A (N193BJ), Rochester, NY, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The probable cause of the uncontained No. 2 engine failure on the Raytheon Beechjet 400A was a herring gull birdstrike that resulted in fan blade contact with the inlet case and rub induced…

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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