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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 510 · Chesterfield, MO · October 15, 2020

Date
October 15, 2020 · 15:45 local
Place
Chesterfield, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N295PJ
Reported as
Cessna 510
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F-A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,036 total312 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

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.

On final approach to ksus aircraft N295PJ was cleared to land approximately 7 NM out from the airport. After completing the before landing checklist, pilot and passenger both noticed a large bird off the right of the nose at a slightly higher altitude. Less than a second later PIC and passenger heard and felt a thump on the right side of the aircraft at 4 NM out at 2000 ft MSL. Upon landing and inspection by the PIC, it was noted the right engine sustained a bird strike.

As the FAA filed it

ON FINAL APPROACH TO KSUS AIRCRAFT N295PJ WAS CLEARED TO LAND APPROXIMATELY 7 NM OUT FROM THE AIRPORT. AFTER COMPLETING THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST, PILOT AND PASSENGER BOTH NOTICED A LARGE BIRD OFF THE RIGHT OF THE NOSE AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER ALTITUDE. LESS THAN A SECOND LATER PIC AND PASSENGER HEARD AND FELT A THUMP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AT 4 NM OUT AT 2000 FT MSL. UPON LANDING AND INSPECTION BY THE PIC, IT WAS NOTED THE RIGHT ENGINE SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE.