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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 208B · Kipnuk, AK · August 15, 2022

Date
August 15, 2022 · 09:30 local
Place
Kipnuk, AK
Airport
Kipnuk
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
UATA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N709RA
Reported as
Textron 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 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 was on landing approach into paki. A bird struck the radome and flap on the r/h wing. Possible two birds were struck, as the pilot reported a flock of birds rose in font of the aircraft at 20 to 40 feet. The pilot applied power and made a go around an then safely landed the aircraft. The pilot noted a dead bird on the runway as he was landing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON LANDING APPROACH INTO PAKI. A BIRD STRUCK THE RADOME AND FLAP ON THE R/H WING. POSSIBLE TWO BIRDS WERE STRUCK, AS THE PILOT REPORTED A FLOCK OF BIRDS ROSE IN FONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT 20 TO 40 FEET. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND MADE A GO AROUND AN THEN SAFELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT NOTED A DEAD BIRD ON THE RUNWAY AS HE WAS LANDING.