# Incident 20250226001529I: Beechcraft Corp B300, Jacksonville, FL, February 26, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2025, 13:57 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Jacksonville International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CVGA
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N833UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N833UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beechcraft B300 (registry code 4220035, https://openairdocs.org/model/beechcraft-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT CORP B300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,270 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250226001529I

## Narrative

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

ON INITIAL CLIMB OUT FROM KJAX THE AIRCRAFT HIT A BIRD ON THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT OUTBOARD OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE CREW MADE AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO KJAX FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS. AT THE TIME THEY WERE CLIMBING THROUGH 2000MSL WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. THERE WERE NO CONTROLLABILITY ISSUES, AND THEY LANDED BACK AT KJAX WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES.  DAMAGE TO THE WING WAS FOUND ON POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION THAT WILL REQUIRE REPAIR.

## Other reports on N833UP (1)

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

- [Incident 20231007020209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231007020209I), Oct 7, 2023: Beechcraft Corp B300 (N833UP), Lebanon, NH, Minor damage. On oct 07, 2023, at approximately 0925 eastern daylight time (EDT) a Beechcraft Corp, model B300, reported a bird strike on climb out of Lebanon, new hampshire…

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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