# Incident 20160805013229I: Cessna 560, Stratford, CT, August 5, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2016, 09:18 local time
- Place: Stratford, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N560PW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N560PW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160805013229I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 5, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 0918 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT N560PW DEPARTED RUNWAY 29 AT BRIDGEPORT SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (BDR). SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AGL, THE PILOT SAW A BIRD MOVING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ACROSS THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER SEEING THE BIRD, THE BIRD STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AND WAS CLEARED TO 10,000 FEET MSL. AFTER LEVELING AT 10'000 FEET, THE MASTER WARNING INDICATOR BEGAN FLASHING AND THE LEFT HAND  OIL PRESSURE LOW LIGHT ACTIVATED. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY REDUCED POWER ON THE LEFT HAND ENGINE TO IDLE AND OBSERVED THE LEFT OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR TO BE  BELOW NORMAL. THE PILOT CONTACTED NY APPROACH TO ALERT THEM OF THE EVENT  AND  DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH A REQUEST FOR  AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.

ONCE THE AIRPLANE WAS ESTABLISHED IN AN APPROPRIATE HEADING AND DESCENT FOR A RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE LEFT HAND ENGINE IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFUL ON RUNWAY 29.

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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