# Incident 20141110019759I: Cessna 500, Jeffersonville, IN, November 10, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2014, 15:25 local time
- Place: Jeffersonville, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2776° N, 85.7372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jeffersonville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2776&lon=-85.7372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N243SH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N243SH-2020-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1A (registry code 52110, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-1A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,950 total, 65 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141110019759I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 10, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY  1525 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, CESSNA CE-500, N243SH, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 15 AT LOUISVILLE, KY (KLOU). JUST AFTER ROTATION A LARGE FLOCK OF SMALL BIRDS LIFTED FROM THE GRASS ON THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 15 BETWEEN TAXIWAYS H AND G. N243SH IMPACTED/INGESTED A NUMBER OF BIRDS AND REQUESTED AN IMMEDIATE RETURN FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. N243SH LANDED AT THE JEFFERSONVILLE, IN AIRPORT (KJVY). THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT INBOARD WING LEADING EDGE AND THE RIGHT ENGINE.

THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO GAITHER GROUP OF SUGARLAND, TEXAS. THIS FLIGHT WAS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A CORPORATE FLIGHT.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

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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