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FAA incident report · Iai GULFSTREAM G280 · Omaha, NE · November 15, 2022

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Date
November 15, 2022 · 18:10 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N913KN
Reported as
Iai Gulfstream G280
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,150 total
N913KNRegistered now · Iai GULFSTREAM G280S/N 2038 · Built 2013Airframe modelIai GULFSTREAM G280Engine modelHoneywell AS907-2-1GTurbo-fan

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What happened

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At 1800HRS the aircraft was on approach to Eppley Airfield (oma) at an altitude of 4,000 ft (3,000 AGL), it was dark with 5,000 ft overcast layer, no moon or city lights. At approx 10 miles out the crew called for 10 deg of flaps and 10 seconds later impacted 2 large birds. One bird struck the fuselage just forward of the pilots windscreen and disintegated leaving the dent in the skin and blurring the view of the pilots windscreen with remnants. Moments later a cas message/aural alert with the message "flaps jam" illuminated. Crew discovered the flaps were jammed at 7 degrees as the second bird had struck while flaps were in transit. The crew advised ATC that they had experienced a bird strike and had a cas message "flaps jam" and asked for vectors to allow for the completion of the troubleshooting and checklists. Crew recieved an assigned heading after requesting the longer runway based on the flaps remaining at 7 degrees and calculating a higher landing speed as a result. Aircraft continued inbound landed without incident. After normal shutdown crew discovered a bird strike on the right flap near the wing root resulting in a large dent damaging the leading edge and causing the flap to jam during transit.

As the FAA filed it

AT 1800HRS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA) AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4,000 FT (3,000 AGL), IT WAS DARK WITH 5,000 FT OVERCAST LAYER, NO MOON OR CITY LIGHTS. AT APPROX 10 MILES OUT THE CREW CALLED FOR 10 DEG OF FLAPS AND 10 SECONDS LATER IMPACTED 2 LARGE BIRDS. ONE BIRD STRUCK THE FUSELAGE JUST FORWARD OF THE PILOTS WINDSCREEN AND DISINTEGATED LEAVING THE DENT IN THE SKIN AND BLURRING THE VIEW OF THE PILOTS WINDSCREEN WITH REMNANTS. MOMENTS LATER A CAS MESSAGE/AURAL ALERT WITH THE MESSAGE "FLAPS JAM" ILLUMINATED. CREW DISCOVERED THE FLAPS WERE JAMMED AT 7 DEGREES AS THE SECOND BIRD HAD STRUCK WHILE FLAPS WERE IN TRANSIT. THE CREW ADVISED ATC THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE AND HAD A CAS MESSAGE "FLAPS JAM" AND ASKED FOR VECTORS TO ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE TROUBLESHOOTING AND CHECKLISTS. CREW RECIEVED AN ASSIGNED HEADING AFTER REQUESTING THE LONGER RUNWAY BASED ON THE FLAPS REMAINING AT 7 DEGREES AND CALCULATING A HIGHER LANDING SPEED AS A RESULT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INBOUND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER NORMAL SHUTDOWN CREW DISCOVERED A BIRD STRIKE ON THE RIGHT FLAP NEAR THE WING ROOT RESULTING IN A LARGE DENT DAMAGING THE LEADING EDGE AND CAUSING THE FLAP TO JAM DURING TRANSIT.