# Incident 20210902011459I: Cessna 560XL, Salt Lake City, UT, September 2, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2021, 20:00 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 3EJA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N827JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N827JS-2026-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series (registry code 52154, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210902011459I

## Narrative

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

ON 2 SEPTEMBER DURING DECENT INTO SLC ACFT 827JS STRUCK AN UNKNOWN SPECIED OF BIRD AT APPROXIMATELY 4800' AGL. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES INCLUDING NOTIFYING TOWER OF THE MISHAP, DISCONNECTING A/P, AND LOWERING LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT SLC. 827JS HAD RECEIVED A DENT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING, JUST OUTBOARD FROM THE STALL STRIP. EITHER REMAINS OF THE BIRD OR ANOTHER BIRD THEN WENT THROUGH THE LEFT ENGINE, LEAVING A GREASE/BLOOD STAIN.

AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED, INSPECTED, AND RETURNED TO SERVICE BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

NTSB CONSIDERED THIS MISHAP TO BE AN INCIDENT.

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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