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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Birmingham, AL · December 4, 2021

Date
December 4, 2021 · 10:30 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N996AC
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,500 total

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.

Aircraft departed from kuox, university of oxford airport, oxford, ms at approximately 10:02 CST (1602Z). The pilot stated he was climbing out in solid IMC and passing through 2500 or 3000 feet when there was a loud thump noise on the co-pilots? Side of the windscreen. He noted they had hit a bird as there were feathers and bird carcass debris on the co-pilots windscreen.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM KUOX, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD AIRPORT, OXFORD, MS AT APPROXIMATELY 10:02 CST (1602Z). THE PILOT STATED HE WAS CLIMBING OUT IN SOLID IMC AND PASSING THROUGH 2500 OR 3000 FEET WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP NOISE ON THE CO-PILOTS? SIDE OF THE WINDSCREEN. HE NOTED THEY HAD HIT A BIRD AS THERE WERE FEATHERS AND BIRD CARCASS DEBRIS ON THE CO-PILOTS WINDSCREEN.