What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot stated that on 01/05/2016 departing from opa-Locka (kopf) around 1050 am from rwy 27R and climbing through 250 feet on rwy heading he heard a loud bang, he looked over all his systems, all systems were indicating normal. Aircraft showed no abnormal characteristics , continued flight to fort lauderdale executive airport (kfxe). After landing in kfxe advised eastern air express (eae) maintenance. Eae maintenance personnnel inspected the aircraft and found damage to the mid forward leading edge area of the vertical stabilizer. Pilot made contact and advised the FAA principal operations inspector, NTSB and kopf tower about the incident.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STATED THAT ON 01/05/2016 DEPARTING FROM OPA-LOCKA (KOPF) AROUND 1050 AM FROM RWY 27R AND CLIMBING THROUGH 250 FEET ON RWY HEADING HE HEARD A LOUD BANG, HE LOOKED OVER ALL HIS SYSTEMS, ALL SYSTEMS WERE INDICATING NORMAL. AIRCRAFT SHOWED NO ABNORMAL CHARACTERISTICS , CONTINUED FLIGHT TO FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KFXE). AFTER LANDING IN KFXE ADVISED EASTERN AIR EXPRESS (EAE) MAINTENANCE. EAE MAINTENANCE PERSONNNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND DAMAGE TO THE MID FORWARD LEADING EDGE AREA OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. PILOT MADE CONTACT AND ADVISED THE FAA PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTOR, NTSB AND KOPF TOWER ABOUT THE INCIDENT.
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