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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer Executive EMB-505 · Santa Ana, CA · December 2, 2024

Date
December 2, 2024 · 12:11 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne/Orange County
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N472QS
Reported as
Embraer Executive EMB-505
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E1
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Enroute at about FL100 an object hit the front right cockpit windshield and shattered it. Crew arranged a precautionary diversion back to ksna and landed uneventfully, no emergency declared. Crew found no evidence of a bird strike. Aircraft was entered into maintenance custody in ksna.

As the FAA filed it

ENROUTE AT ABOUT FL100 AN OBJECT HIT THE FRONT RIGHT COCKPIT WINDSHIELD AND SHATTERED IT. CREW ARRANGED A PRECAUTIONARY DIVERSION BACK TO KSNA AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. CREW FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A BIRD STRIKE. AIRCRAFT WAS ENTERED INTO MAINTENANCE CUSTODY IN KSNA.