# Incident 20160819013369I: Cessna 525, Bryant, AR, August 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2016, 08:15 local time
- Place: Bryant, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: JBHJ
- Location: 34.6172° N, 92.4897° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bryant, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6172&lon=-92.4897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N883MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N883MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 525 (registry code 2076611, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wmsintl FJ44-1AP (registry code 66003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wmsintl-fj44-1ap) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,142 total, 145 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160819013369I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 19, 2016 AT APPX 0815 HRS LOCAL A CESSNA 525, REGISTRATION NUMBER N883MT, SERIAL NUMBER 525-0883 WAS DEPARTING FROM RUNWAY 20 AT SALINE COUNTY REFGIONAL AIRPORT (KSUZ), BRYANT, AR IN INSTRUMENT METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE PART 91 FLIGHT DESTINED FOR SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (KELD)IN ELDORADO, AR.  DURING TAKEOFF, JUST AS THE WHEELS WERE FREE OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A FLOCK OF APPROXIMATELY 12 GEESE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THEM PASSING THE PILOT SIDE WINDOW AND IMPACTING THE LEFT ENGINE AREA. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY WITH THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHING DOWN APPX 340 FT PASSED THE POINT OF BIRD STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE REMAINING RUNWAY (APPROXIMATELY 1840 FT) AFTER TOUCHDOWN BEFORE DEPARTING THE  END OF RUNWAY AND ENTERING THE VERY WET GRASSY FIELD AHEAD. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP APPROXIMATELY 490 FT FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 20 FT RIGHT OF CENTERLINE. THE PILOT AND ALL PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND DEPLANED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF MUD, GRASS, AND BIRD REMNANTS ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR AND ONE SOFTBALL SIZED DENT UNDER THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING AND SEVERAL MINOR DINGS ON BOTH LEADING EDGES. THE LEFT ENGINE SHOWED NO SIGN OF BIRD INGESTION.

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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