# Incident 20240307003449I: Pacific Aerospace Ltd 750XL, Cullman, AL, March 7, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2024, 17:53 local time
- Place: Cullman, AL
- Airport: Cullman Regional-Folsom Fld
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 34.2687° N, 86.8580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULLMAN RGNL/FOLSOM FLD (CMD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2687&lon=-86.8580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750VX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750VX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pacific Aerospace 750XL (registry code 6460300, https://openairdocs.org/model/pacific-aerospace-750xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 series (registry code 52143, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PACIFIC AEROSPACE LTD 750XL
- Reported engine: P & W PT6A-34
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240307003449I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS AT JUMP ALTITUDE WAITING TO DISCHARGE SKYDIVERS WHEN PILOT NOTED A LOUD NOISE AND SUSPECTED A BIRD STRIKE. PILOT NOTED AIRCRAFT OPERATION AND CONTROLS CONTINUED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED AN INSPECTION PANEL HAD COME OFF THE R/H LOWER FORWARD WING ROOT AREA. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT FASTENERS ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE INSPECTION PANEL HAD BECOME LOOSE AND THE PANEL CAUGHT IN THE AIRSTREAM.

## Other reports on N750VX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20251004019659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251004019659I), Oct 4, 2025: Pacific Aerospace Ltd 750XL (N750VX), Cullman, AL, Minor damage. A/c taxied and departed runway 20 with tow bar attached to front landing gear. Aircraft returned and landed runway 20 without incident. Propellor damage found…

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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