# Incident 20240410006339I: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2B16(CL-604), Houston, TX, April 10, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2024, 07:19 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8050° N, 95.8979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUSTON EXEC (TME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8050&lon=-95.8979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N650GK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N650GK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2B16(CL-604) (registry code 1900314, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2b16-cl-604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34-3B (registry code 30069, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2B16(CL-604)
- Reported engine: GE CF34-3B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,455 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240410006339I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF AND RIGHT AFTER ROTATION, APPROXIMATE 75 FEET IN THE AIR A WHOLE FLOCK OF SEAGULLS AND EGRETS LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY RIGHT INTO FLIGHTPATH. PILOT TRIED TO ADJUST FLIGHT PATH NOT TO HIT THEM, BUT HIT A FEW AND IMMEIDETLY CONTACTED TOWER AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION ONCE LANDED, BIRDS FOUND ON RUNWAY AND POSSIBLLY INGESTED INTO NUMBER 1 ENGINE (CAPTAINS SIDE ENGINE) A BENT FAN BLADE WAS OBSERVED AFTER SHUT DOWN.

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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