# Incident 20200316001349I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2D24, Knoxville, TN, March 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2020, 08:38 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mcghee Tyson Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 35.8111° N, 83.9941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC GHEE TYSON (TYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8111&lon=-83.9941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320PQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N320PQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2D24 (registry code 1390016, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2d24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-8C5 (registry code 30050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-8c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2D24
- Reported engine: GE CF34-8C5
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200316001349I

## Narrative

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

INFORMATION GATHERED FROM CREW REPORT:

?WHILE CLIMBING TO 6000 FEET IN IMC THROUGH 4000 FEET AND 200 KTS. I WAS PF WITH AUTOPILOT OFF, AFTER TAKEOFF CHECK COMPLETE, WE ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE MEDIUM SIZED BIRDS, I FELT, HEARD AND NOTICED RPM CHANGES (SLIGHT N1 DROP) ON BOTH ENGINES FOLLOWED BY AN IMMEDIATE "FOUL" ODOR FROM THE AIR-CONDITIONING VENTS. I TOLD THE FO TO IMMEDIATELY REQUEST RTB AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY DUE TO MULTIPLE BIRDSTRIKES ON CLIMBOUT. . ONCE I ASSESSED THE OPERATION OF THE ENGINES AND FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS I HAD THE FO ENGAGE THE AUTOPILOT. I CONTINUED TO FLY, COMMUNICATE WITH ATC, INFORM THE FAS, AND MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE CUSTOMERS WHILE THE FO SENT AN ACARS MSG TO DISPATCH, SET UP FOR AN ILS TO 23L, ONCE HE GOT THE ATIS, SET UP THE FREQUENCIES AND MDA, I BRIEFED THE APPROACH, CALLED FOR THE DESCENT, APPROACH AND LANDING CHECKS. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TYS ARFF REPORTED TO US THAT THE AIRCRAFT LOOKS NORMAL. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED BENT FAN BLADES ON THE LEFT ENGINE AND BIRDSTRIKE MARKS ON THE RIGHT WING. I COULDNT SEE ANY DAMAGE FROM THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT ENGINE BUT I WROTE UP BOTH ENGINES AS INGESTING BIRDS. I MADE A PHONE CALL TO MY DISPATCHER, THE DUTY PILOT AND TYS ATC. I THEN GOT THE ENTIRE CREW TOGETHER FOR A DEBRIEF OF THE EVENT. WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER WELL AND WE ALL FELT THAT COMMUNICATION WENT VERY WELL AND THE FAS FELT LIKE THEY HEARD FROM ME IN A TIMELY MANNER.?

REXA MAINTENANCE IN TYS PERFORMED BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION AND REPAIRED DAMAGE THE DAMAGE FOUND ON THE LEFT ENGINE AND THE RIGHT WING.

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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