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FAA incident report · Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA · Valdosta, GA · July 25, 2024

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Date
July 25, 2024 · 18:30 local
Place
Valdosta, GA
Airport
Valdosta Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29NB
Reported as
Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 Westwind Astra
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total2,000 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N29NBRegistered now · Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRAS/N 13Airframe modelIsrael Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Passengers reported that this charter flight encountered severe turbulence and hail as the airplane flew through a thunderstorm enroute from kjwn to korl. Damage from the hail was visible to the left- and right-wing boots, radome and horizontal stabilizer wing tips. From pictures that were provided to FAA inspectors the horizontal stabilizer wingtips were missing / torn off as a result of its encounter with the hail.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGERS REPORTED THAT THIS CHARTER FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND HAIL AS THE AIRPLANE FLEW THROUGH A THUNDERSTORM ENROUTE FROM KJWN TO KORL. DAMAGE FROM THE HAIL WAS VISIBLE TO THE LEFT- AND RIGHT-WING BOOTS, RADOME AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WING TIPS. FROM PICTURES THAT WERE PROVIDED TO FAA INSPECTORS THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WINGTIPS WERE MISSING / TORN OFF AS A RESULT OF ITS ENCOUNTER WITH THE HAIL.