# Incident 20140808012549I: Cessna 525B, Texarkana, AR, August 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2014, 14:03 local time
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4418° N, 94.0377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Texarkana, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4418&lon=-94.0377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65LW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65LW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525B (registry code 2076616, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ44-3A (registry code 66006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj44-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525B
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ44-3A
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140808012549I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 8, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1403 CDT, A CESSNA 525B, N65LW, REGISTERED TO BOGGY CREEK AVIATION LLC, ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE (BUZZARD) , WHICH IMPACTED THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE WHILE ON APPROACH TO TEXARKANA, AR. AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE. NO ONE ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM JACKSON, MS., ON AUGUST 8, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 CDT.

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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