# Incident 20140513006719I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 400A, Sugar Land, TX, May 13, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2014, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sugar Land, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MFGA
- Location: 29.6275° N, 95.6572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6275&lon=-95.6572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N412GJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N412GJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 400A (registry code 7150010, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 400A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,015 total, 795 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG14IA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140513006719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT INGESTED BIRD RIGHT HAND ENGINE DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL.  CREW WAS ABLE TO ABORT SUCCESSFULLY.  RIGHT HAND ENGINE THREW SOME COMPRESSOR BLADES AFTER BIRD INGESTATION AND CAUSED ENGINE FIRE. AIRPORT EMERGENCY CREW WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH FIRE.  ONE COMPRESSOR BLADE MADE A SMALL PUNCTURE IN TOP OF RIGHT WING AND CAUSED FUEL LEAK. RIGHT HAND ENGINE AND COWLING RECIEVED THE MAJORITY OF DAMAGE. THE FUSELAGE, LANDING GEAR, FLIGHT CONTROLS APPEAR TO HAVE NO DAMAGE. THE FIRE ON THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE WAS CONFINED TO THE ENGINE ONLY. THERE WERE BURN MARKS ON THE OUTBOARD ENGINE COWLING.  NO BURN MARKS NEAR FUSELAGE OR TAIL SECTION.

## 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 ENG14IA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA013), May 13, 2014: Raytheon 400A (N412GJ), Sugar Land, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The probable cause of the uncontained No. 2 engine failure on the Raytheon Beechjet 400A was a yellow-crowned night-heron birdstrike that resulted in fan blade contact with the inlet case and rub…

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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