# Incident 20211204020279I: Cessna 550, Birmingham, AL, December 4, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2021, 10:30 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N996AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N996AC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-4
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211204020279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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