# Incident 20200124001789I: Cessna 560XL, El Dorado, AR, January 24, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2020, 11:00 local time
- Place: El Dorado, AR
- Airport: South Arkansas Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 33.2190° N, 92.6641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Dorado, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2190&lon=-92.6641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134FM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N134FM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series (registry code 52154, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ 44 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200124001789I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 24, 2020, 1100 (CST) CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA CE-560-560XL AIRPLANE, N134FM, SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE AS THE BIRD WAS INGESTED INTO THE RIGHT ENGINE ON CLIMB OUT APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET AGL. THE FLIGHT BEGAN AT EL DORADO, AR (ELD) ENROUTE TO MONTEREY REGIONAL AIRPORT, MONTEREY, CA(KMRY).  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO EDL WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT.  DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED TO THE RIGHT ENGINE WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE THREE SOULS ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO PENO BOTTOM AIRCRAFT LLC BEING OPERATED BY AVIATION CONSULTANTS INC UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135 ON-DEMAND AS A BUSINESS FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WHICH A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

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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