What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft hit a flock of birds that were in a nearby field.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT HIT A FLOCK OF BIRDS THAT WERE IN A NEARBY FIELD.
FAA incident report · Gates Learjet 35A · February 7, 2017
- Date
- February 7, 2017 · 17:43 local
- Airport
- Livermore Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator
- AJXA
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N703DJ
- Reported as
- Gates Learjet 35A
- Reported engine
- Garrett TFE-731 series
- People aboard
- 2
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Other injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s certificates
- Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 38,000 total36,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
N703DJRegistered now · Gates Learjet 35AAirframe modelGates Learjet 35AEngine modelGarrett TFE731 series
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.