# Incident 20201015018769I: Cessna 510, Chesterfield, MO, October 15, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2020, 15:45 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: N295PJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N295PJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 510 (registry code 2076617, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F-A (registry code 52282, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw615f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 510
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW615F-A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,036 total, 312 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201015018769I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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