# Incident 20211212019269I: Cessna 650, Wheeling, IL, December 12, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2021, 14:50 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Chicago Exec
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FDIA
- Location: 42.1149° N, 87.9020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO EXEC (PWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1149&lon=-87.9020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N650AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N650AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 650 (registry code 2076802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TFE731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211212019269I

## Narrative

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

ON 12 DECEMBER 2021 AT 1450 CST WHILE ON APPROACH TO PWK RWY 16 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE. THE BIRD IMPACTED THE #2 ENGINE INLET CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE INLET. THE BIRD TRAVELED INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING DAMAGE TO SEVERAL FAN BLADES. EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN OF ENGINE DID NOT OCCUR. NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD.

## Other reports on N650AT (1)

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

- [Incident 20190425006459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190425006459I), Apr 25, 2019: Cessna 650 (N650AT), Mt Sterling, KY, Minor damage. Aircraft was taxiing on the parallel taxiway for runway 21 when a zero-turn riding lawnmower struck the left wing.

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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