# Incident 20210829015149I: Cirrus Design Corp SF50, Duluth, MN, August 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2021, 08:30 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Airport: Duluth International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8421° N, 92.1932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DULUTH INTL (DLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8421&lon=-92.1932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N730FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N730FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SF50 (registry code 2130010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sf50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ33-5A (registry code 66015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj33-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SF50
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ33-5A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210829015149I

## Narrative

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

2021-08-29 N730FA CIRRUS SF50, BIRD STRIKE ON DEPARTURE KDLH.

DURING TAKEOFF FROM KDLH EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL ALTHOUGH AT TAKEOFF ROTATION OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER PIC SAW A COUPLE OF BIRDS GO BY THE LEFT-WING TIP AND MAY HAVE PERCEIVED SOMETHING IN THE AIRFRAME THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INDICATIVE OF A BIRD STRIKE. ONCE STABILIZED IN THE CLIMB FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, TOWER WAS ADVISED THAT A MAY HAVE STRUCK A BIRD AT THE ROTATION POINT OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL. ALL SYSTEMS WERE NOMINAL DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB SO THE PIC ELECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE FLIGHT AND THEN ADVISED ATC.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO KSLH AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A LATER INSPECTION FOUND BIRD REMNANTS ON THE LEFT PITOT MAST AND A CRACK IN THE WELD AT THE BASE OF THE PITOT MAST. NO INJURIES, MINOR DAMAGE. ATC LATER ADVISED PIC THAT THE REMNANTS OF A JUVENILE GULL WERE RECOVERED AT THE REPORTED LOCATION.

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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