# Incident 20200129001889I: Raytheon Aircraft Company B300, Stuttgart, AR, January 29, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2020, 16:30 local time
- Place: Stuttgart, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4952° N, 91.5486° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stuttgart, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4952&lon=-91.5486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6JL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B300
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,050 total, 5,709 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200129001889I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 29, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30 CST, N6JL A RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B300, REGISTERED TO CHAMPAIR AVIATION, LLC, OPERATED BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE CENTER LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 AT STUTTGART, AR AIRPORT (SGT).  ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT A FLOCK OF 8-9 LARGE BIRDS ASCENDING OUT OF A CLOUD DECK AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET WAS OBSERVED, ONE BIRD STRUCK THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF THE WING DAMAGING IT.  THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE WAS NOT AFFECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUCCESSFUL LADING AT STUTTGART, AR (SGT). AT THE TIME OF THE BIRD STRIKE THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY WILD LIFE REPORTS FOR THIS AREA. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT INJURED.

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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