20170526007819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 650 · Bethany, OK · May 26, 2017

Date: May 26, 2017 · 17:20 local
Place: Bethany, OK
Airport: Wiley Post
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N84NG
Reported as: Cessna 650
Reported engine: Garrett TFE-731 series
People aboard: 8
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.

The aircraft was on a IFR part 91 flight to mdw, chicago midway. A bird was struck on climb out from pwa, Wiley Post. The bird was thought to be a hawk. The aircraft struck the bird about 2800 feet MSL, 1/2 miles from the departure end of runway 35R. The aircraft stayed in the local area to reduce weight and returned to pwa.

Post flight noted damage on the right wing leading edge from the impact. The damage was approxmently 24 inches along the right leading edge.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A IFR PART 91 FLIGHT TO MDW, CHICAGO MIDWAY. A BIRD WAS STRUCK ON CLIMB OUT FROM PWA, WILEY POST. THE BIRD WAS THOUGHT TO BE A HAWK. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE BIRD ABOUT 2800 FEET MSL, 1/2 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 35R. THE AIRCRAFT STAYED IN THE LOCAL AREA TO REDUCE WEIGHT AND RETURNED TO PWA.

POST FLIGHT NOTED DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE FROM THE IMPACT. THE DAMAGE WAS APPROXMENTLY 24 INCHES ALONG THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE.