# Incident 20230205001649I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Buckeye, AZ, February 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2023, 15:30 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: VJ3S
- Location: 33.4225° N, 112.6862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKEYE MUNI (BXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4225&lon=-112.6862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N834EF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N834EF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390 series (registry code 41678, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-390 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230205001649I

## Narrative

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

BIRD STRIKE ON DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 17 AT KBXK AFTER A SOFT FIELD LANDING. EVENT OCCURRED ABOVE THE CATTLE SHEDS JUST SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: AFTER HITTING BIRD WE DIVERTED BACK TO GOODYEAR BEING THERE WERE MULTIPLE PLANES IN THE PATTERN AT BUCKEYE WITH MORE ENTERING THE PATTERN, WHILE WE NOTICE NO DECREASED PERFORMANCE FROM THE AIRPLANE. ON OUR WAY TO GOODYEAR WE REQUESTED PRIORITY BUT DIDN’T DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH TOWER TO REMAIN IN THE AIR AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. PILOT STATED HE WAS LOOKING TO THE RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW AND STARTED TO TURN TO LOOK BACK INTO THE COCKPIT WHEN HE HEARD AND FELT THE BIRD HIT THE PLANE. HE STATED THE BIRD MUST HAVE COME UP FROM UNDERNEATH THE RIGHT WING BECAUSE HE DID NOT SEE IT. HE STATED FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW THE WING DID NOT LOOK BAD AND IT WAS AFTER HE LANDED AND WAS ABLE TO SEE THE DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT IS IN MAINTENANCE FOR REPAIRS TO THE UNDERSIDE AND UPPER LE OF THE RIGHT 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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