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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bombardier CL-600-2B16(CL-604) · Orlando, FL · March 3, 2024

Date
March 3, 2024 · 15:01 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
APMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N604XT
Reported as
Bombardier CL-600-2B16(CL-604)
Reported engine
GE CF34-3B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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 takeoff out of mco, the aircraft struck a bird. There was damage sustained to the radome and skins just aft of that. The aircraft circled the airport and landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF OUT OF MCO, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD. THERE WAS DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE RADOME AND SKINS JUST AFT OF THAT. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY.