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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier BD-100-1A10 · Naples, FL · November 3, 2014

Date
November 3, 2014 · 08:30 local
Place
Naples, FL
Airport
Naples Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AWKA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N549XJ
Reported as
Bombardier BD-100-1A10
Reported engine
Honeywell AS907-1-1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

During take-off from Naples airport the crew notice a large bird in the center of the runway. The crew rotated the aircraft as quickly as possible to avoid the bird, however the bird contacted the bottom of the airplane, breaking the rotating beacon and damaging the belly of the aircraft. The crew returned to the airport after take-off as a precautionary measure.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKE-OFF FROM NAPLES AIRPORT THE CREW NOTICE A LARGE BIRD IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. THE CREW ROTATED THE AIRCRAFT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID THE BIRD, HOWEVER THE BIRD CONTACTED THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRPLANE, BREAKING THE ROTATING BEACON AND DAMAGING THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AFTER TAKE-OFF AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.