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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Johns SA-29 · Kenosha, WI · July 7, 2018

Date
July 7, 2018 · 15:30 local
Place
Kenosha, WI
Airport
Kenosha Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N540J
Reported as
Johns SA-29
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total100 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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 approach to landing, N540J was struck by a large bird on the leading edge of the right wing. The bird struck the wing at the same location as one of the wing ribs.

There were no injuries to anyone on board and the aircraft made a normal landing without incident after the bird strike at the Kenosha Regional Airport.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH TO LANDING, N540J WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE BIRD ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. THE BIRD STRUCK THE WING AT THE SAME LOCATION AS ONE OF THE WING RIBS.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANYONE ON BOARD AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT AFTER THE BIRD STRIKE AT THE KENOSHA REGIONAL AIRPORT.