# Incident 20231019016589I: Embraer S A EMB-505, Springfield, IL, October 19, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2023, 19:08 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N645B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N645B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer S A EMB-505 (registry code 326040C, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-s-a-emb-505) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E (registry code 52297, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw535e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER S A EMB-505
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW535E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231019016589I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31 AT SPI AT APPROXIMATELY 1908 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A WILDLIFE (BIRD) STRIKE. IT HIT THE RIGHT WING ROOT LEADING EDGE AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE REQUIREING REPLACEMENT. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE BIRD HAD BEEN INGERSTED INTO THE RIGHT ENGINE. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT EXTERIOR WAS PERFOREMED AND NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND. IT WAS PAST SUNSET AND DARK, THE CREW DID NOT SEE THE BIRD AT ANYTIME PRIOR TO OR DURING IMPACT. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

MAINTENACE PERFORMED A BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE AND NO F.O.D. WAS FOUND. ENGINE WASH AND RUN-UP COMPLETED WITHOUT DISCREPANCY. RIGHT INBOARD LEADING EDGE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW PART. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE WING OR OTHER STRUCTURE. A CHECK FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMED AND NO DEFECTS NOTED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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