What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 4, 2023, approximately 2:53PM, privacy data omitted(stt-eis) suffered a bird strike just north of water island, st. thomas. The bird went through the right windshield (co-pilot side) midair. Bird identified by, usda, was a booby (seabird). A combination of the bird, as an object breaking through the glass, and the resulting fragments of the windshield damaged and other parts of the plane struck passengers on the aircraft. Vipa’s ARFF department treated two passengers: a male that suffered a minor laceration to the nose and reported pain to the front of his head. A female passenger was found to have a laceration under her right eye and also trauma to the right eye—that saw it swollen shut. Those two passengers were taken via ambulance to schneider regional medical center (srmc), st. thomas VI. The three other passengers were also treated by vipa ARFF. After the ARFF assessment, it was also recommended that they too be checked out at the hospital. The three remaining passengers were transported to srmc with the assistance of cape air personnel via personal owned vehicles. Update, passenger has a fractured orbit of the skull evelating this to an accident.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 4, 2023, APPROXIMATELY 2:53PM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(STT-EIS) SUFFERED A BIRD STRIKE JUST NORTH OF WATER ISLAND, ST. THOMAS. THE BIRD WENT THROUGH THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD (CO-PILOT SIDE) MIDAIR. BIRD IDENTIFIED BY, USDA, WAS A BOOBY (SEABIRD). A COMBINATION OF THE BIRD, AS AN OBJECT BREAKING THROUGH THE GLASS, AND THE RESULTING FRAGMENTS OF THE WINDSHIELD DAMAGED AND OTHER PARTS OF THE PLANE STRUCK PASSENGERS ON THE AIRCRAFT. VIPA’S ARFF DEPARTMENT TREATED TWO PASSENGERS: A MALE THAT SUFFERED A MINOR LACERATION TO THE NOSE AND REPORTED PAIN TO THE FRONT OF HIS HEAD. A FEMALE PASSENGER WAS FOUND TO HAVE A LACERATION UNDER HER RIGHT EYE AND ALSO TRAUMA TO THE RIGHT EYE—THAT SAW IT SWOLLEN SHUT. THOSE TWO PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN VIA AMBULANCE TO SCHNEIDER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (SRMC), ST. THOMAS VI. THE THREE OTHER PASSENGERS WERE ALSO TREATED BY VIPA ARFF. AFTER THE ARFF ASSESSMENT, IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THEY TOO BE CHECKED OUT AT THE HOSPITAL. THE THREE REMAINING PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO SRMC WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CAPE AIR PERSONNEL VIA PERSONAL OWNED VEHICLES. UPDATE, PASSENGER HAS A FRACTURED ORBIT OF THE SKULL EVELATING THIS TO AN ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N7037E · 2
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