# Incident 20201031020559I: Cessna 750, October 31, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2020, 11:40 local time
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AWKA
- Aircraft: N719XJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N719XJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 750 (registry code 2076810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-750) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE-3007C (registry code 54572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae-3007c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 750
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE 3007C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,046 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201031020559I

## Narrative

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

UPON INTERCEPTING THE LOC FOR THE ILS RWY15 (CIRCLE RWY6) HIT A BIRD (CANADIAN GOOSE). BOTH CREW AND PASSENGERS HEARD A LOUD THUMP FROM THE LOWER FRONT CHIN OF THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER A QUICK DISCUSSION, THE CREW MADE THE DECISION TO LAND ON RWY 15 ACCEPTING THE SLIGHT CROSSWIND. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A LARGE BIRD STRIKE ON THE LOWER RADOME, FRONT GEAR DOORS, AND ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT THRU THE BOTTOM STRAKE/BOTTOM OF CENTER WING.

## Other reports on N719XJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160410007389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160410007389I), Apr 10, 2016: Cessna 750 (N719XJ), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft N719XJ, a Cessna citation 750, was being repositioned from san francisco international airport to Oakland International Airport on 04/10/2016 at…

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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