# Incident 20180707009349I: Johns SA-29, Kenosha, WI, July 7, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2018, 15:30 local time
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Airport: Kenosha Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5961° N, 87.9273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENOSHA RGNL (ENW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5961&lon=-87.9273&mi=10
- Aircraft: N540J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johns SA-29 (registry code 056133I, https://openairdocs.org/model/johns-sa-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JOHNS SA-29
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180707009349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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