# Incident 20240115000549I: Learjet Inc 45, Wichita, KS, January 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2024, 11:22 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower Nt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6500° N, 97.4330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL (ICT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6500&lon=-97.4330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Learjet 45 (registry code 5170805, https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE731-40BR1B (registry code 34002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe731-40br1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 45
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE731-40BR1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 170 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240115000549I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:22 AM CST A LR45 DEPARTED RUNWAY 01R OUT OF WICHITA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (ICT). A CANADIAN GOOSE HIT THE LEFT AFT PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD FRAME THE STRUCK THE LOWER LEFT ENGINE NACELLE AND WAS INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE APROXIMATELY 700 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE PILOT REPORTED TO ICT THE BIRD STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLES BACK TO AIRPORT ENSURING GEAR AND FLAPS WORKED APPROPRIATELY AND LANDED AT ICT RUNWAY 1L.

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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