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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 441 · Lafayette, LA · April 7, 2016

Date
April 7, 2016 · 18:50 local
Place
Lafayette, LA
Airport
Lafayette Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
GS5J
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N441DS
Reported as
Cessna 441
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE331 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Aircraft departed runway 22L and upon reaching approximately 50 feet altitude the aircraft encountered a bird strike. Pilot stated that no assistance was required and landed on runway 22L. Aircraft taxied back to the FBO.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 22L AND UPON REACHING APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ALTITUDE THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE. PILOT STATED THAT NO ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 22L. AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO THE FBO.

Other reports on N441DS · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.