# Incident 20221218019199I: Learjet 60, Chicago, IL, December 18, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2022, 14:13 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: V22J
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N631BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N631BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 60 (registry code 5170707, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW305A (registry code 52190, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET 60
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221218019199I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF DEVIATION: ON DECEMBER 18, 2022, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  DEPARTED RUNWAY 31C AND REPORTED HITTING A FLOCK OF BIRDS AND SOME ENGINE TROUBLE. THE PILOT RETURNED TO MIDWAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KMDW) AND LAND RUNWAY 31 C. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) WAS NOTIFIED OF AN EMERGENCY AND MET THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LANDING AND EXITING RUNWAY 31C.

WEATHER DATA: 1819532 25013KT I0SM FEW022 M07/ML2 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP228 TI 0671122 S

CASUAL AND /OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: THE PIC STATED THAT THE BIRD STRIKE OCCURRED BETWEEN 1,200 AND 1,500 FEET AFTER TAKEOFF. NO LOSS OF POWER ONLY LOSS OF N1 INDICATION AND A FULL AUTHORITY DIGITAL ENGINE (FADEC) LIGHT CAME ON. THE PIC STATED THAT THERE WAS NO BUFFETING OR FLIGHT CONTROL ISSUES. AT LEAST 3 BIRD STRIKES WERE CONFIRMED THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE NACELLE, COWLING AND RADOME.

RECOMMENDATIONS: THE PIC NOTICED THE BIRD STRIKES DECLARED AN EMERGENCY CONSULTED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A SAFE LANDING. THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH NO FINDING OF REGULATORY VIOLATION AND NO ACTION NEEDED. A BIRD STRIKE REPORT WAS FILED ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT.

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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