20230414002879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · Bloomington, IN · April 14, 2023

Date
April 14, 2023 · 12:22 local
Place
Bloomington, IN
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
3EJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N867JS
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
4,248 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.

On 4/14/2023, privacy data omitted was on short final into kbmg runway 35, a small bird flew right to left glancing the front of the radome just prior to touchdown. The flight was completed without further incident. Upon post flight inspection, blood and feathers were found along with a small crack in the radome. The bird was located and recovered on the runway and a wildlife strike report was filled out with the tower. The conditions on the field were VFR with light winds. No abnormal flight conditions existed. Impact altitude was less than 50FT and speed was roughly 115 knots.

As the FAA filed it

ON 4/14/2023, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON SHORT FINAL INTO KBMG RUNWAY 35, A SMALL BIRD FLEW RIGHT TO LEFT GLANCING THE FRONT OF THE RADOME JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE FLIGHT WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, BLOOD AND FEATHERS WERE FOUND ALONG WITH A SMALL CRACK IN THE RADOME. THE BIRD WAS LOCATED AND RECOVERED ON THE RUNWAY AND A WILDLIFE STRIKE REPORT WAS FILLED OUT WITH THE TOWER. THE CONDITIONS ON THE FIELD WERE VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS. NO ABNORMAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS EXISTED. IMPACT ALTITUDE WAS LESS THAN 50FT AND SPEED WAS ROUGHLY 115 KNOTS.