# Incident 20191107016949I: Textron Aviation Inc 525B, Chesterfield, MO, November 7, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2019, 17:40 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of Saint Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103KK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N103KK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 525B (registry code 2076619, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-525b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ44-3A (registry code 66006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj44-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 525B
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ44-3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191107016949I

## Narrative

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

IN THE APPROACH PHASE OF A PART 91 FLIGHT ORIGINATING AT KMYR TO KSUS.  FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED SINGLE PILOT UNDER IFR AND THE INCIDENT OCCURRED  WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH INTO KSUS.  IN THE VICINITY OF OF EUREKA, MO IN CRUISE FLIGHT LEVEL 4000' MSL IN NIGHT VMC WHEN THERE WAS A LARGE BANG.  NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE FROM THE COCKPIT THOUGH THERE WAS ANIMAL RESIDUE ON THE WINDSCREEN. INFORMED STL TRACON OF THE STRIKE AND PROCEEDED TOWARDS AIRPORT. WHILE MAKING THE REPORT ANOTHER BIRD FLASH BY THE RIGHT SIDE AS RECOGNITION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DAMAGE TO THE RADOME AND NOSE CONE AS WELL AS THE LEFT #1 INLET SHROUD. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED TO HANGAR WITH NO INJURIES 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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