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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Textron 560XL · St. Augustine, FL · July 29, 2019

Date: July 29, 2019 · 08:32 local
Place: St. Augustine, FL
Airport: St Augustine
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N489MH
Reported as: Textron 560XL
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,087 total

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 flight originated from smyrna, TN (kmqy) and departed at 07:13AM CDT and arrived at northeast Florida regional (ksgj) at 09:32AM CDT. Aircraft was on an IFR flight plan and crew was working with tower at the time of the incident. They had been vectored to an ILS rwy 31 when they encountered offshore rain showers. They broke the showers and reported the runway insight, then they were cleared to land. After passing the threshold and in the flare, they noticed a flock of birds at their 10 to 11 o'clock. They reported

"Birds" on the intercom and then heard 2 thumps, landed with no incident and reported the bird strike on rollout. We gave more details to ground control while taxiing in and were given the tower number to call and report any damage.

As the FAA filed it

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SMYRNA, TN (KMQY) AND DEPARTED AT 07:13AM CDT AND ARRIVED AT NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL (KSGJ) AT 09:32AM CDT. AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND CREW WAS WORKING WITH TOWER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THEY HAD BEEN VECTORED TO AN ILS RWY 31 WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED OFFSHORE RAIN SHOWERS. THEY BROKE THE SHOWERS AND REPORTED THE RUNWAY INSIGHT, THEN THEY WERE CLEARED TO LAND. AFTER PASSING THE THRESHOLD AND IN THE FLARE, THEY NOTICED A FLOCK OF BIRDS AT THEIR 10 TO 11 O'CLOCK. THEY REPORTED

"BIRDS" ON THE INTERCOM AND THEN HEARD 2 THUMPS, LANDED WITH NO INCIDENT AND REPORTED THE BIRD STRIKE ON ROLLOUT. WE GAVE MORE DETAILS TO GROUND CONTROL WHILE TAXIING IN AND WERE GIVEN THE TOWER NUMBER TO CALL AND REPORT ANY DAMAGE.