# Incident 20230829008819I: Embraer EMB-135KL, Muscle Shoals, AL, August 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2023, 07:40 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Muscle Shoals Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FJTA
- Location: 34.7427° N, 87.6338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muscle Shoals, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7427&lon=-87.6338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N812AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-135KL
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230829008819I

## Narrative

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

ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 29, 2023  AN AIRPLANE HAD A BIRD STRIKE AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATING FOR TAKE OFF (JUST AFTER VR).  THE CREW HEARD MULTIPLE STRIKES AND ALSO HAS AN AIRSPEED MIS-COMPARE.   THE PIC WAS PILOT FLYING.   CONTROL WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE SIC AS THE SIC’S AIRSPEED AND THE STANDBY AIRSPEED WERE IN AGREEMENT.  THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO MSL.  THEY DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.  THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY.  THEY LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES. MOC WAS NOTIFIED.

INITIAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT:

3 GEESE WERE HIT.

DAMAGE TO LEFT SIDE NOSE, REMAINS IN PITOT TUBE.

#2 ENGINE HAD FAN BLADE DAMAGE AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO THE GUIDE VANES,  ENGINE DID NOT SHUT DOWN.

#1 ENGINE SHOWS SIGNS (FEATHERS) OF INGESTION AS WELL, ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN.

ONE REMAINED ON THE LEFT WING, JUST INBOARD OF THE NAV LIGHTS.

THE REMAINS OF ANOTHER WERE WRAPPED AROUND THE NOSE GEAR, DAMAGE TO THE LANDING LIGHT AND BRACKET WERE NOTED.

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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