# Incident 20180520005639I: Bombardier CL-600-2B16, West Chicago, IL, May 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2018, 20:33 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KC8A
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242CK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B16(CL601-3R (registry code 139000A, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b16-cl601-3r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-3A1 (registry code 30068, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-3a1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL-600-2B16
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 28 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180520005639I

## Narrative

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

THE 20TH OF MAY 2018 AT 2033 LOCAL TIME N242CK HIT BIRDS WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 02L AT DUPAGE AIRPORT (KDPA) WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. N242CK SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

THE PIC STATED HE REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND STARTED HIS FLARE WHEN HE SAW A GLIMPSE OF THE BIRDS OUT OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC TRIED TO LEVEL OFF BUT THE FLOCK OF BIRDS WERE BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW THEIR CURRENT ALTITUDE. N242CK SUSTAINED MULTIPLE STRIKES. AIRCRAFT REQUIRED A LEFT ENGINE INLET REPLACEMENT. RADOME REPLACEMENT AND ADG DOOR REPAIR. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED

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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