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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gates Lear Jet 35 · Newport News, VA · November 21, 2017

Date
November 21, 2017 · 10:00 local
Place
Newport News, VA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39FN
Reported as
Gates Lear Jet 35
Reported engine
Garrett TFE-731 series
People aboard
2
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.

On take off an eagle landed on the runway of departure. The pilots noted it location an made the decision to abort take off. The bird was struck and the pilots reported the damage to the tower.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKE OFF AN EAGLE LANDED ON THE RUNWAY OF DEPARTURE. THE PILOTS NOTED IT LOCATION AN MADE THE DECISION TO ABORT TAKE OFF. THE BIRD WAS STRUCK AND THE PILOTS REPORTED THE DAMAGE TO THE TOWER.