# Incident 20250310001979I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 400A, Myrtle Beach, SC, March 10, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2025, 17:39 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CVGA
- Location: 33.8118° N, 78.7239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND STRAND (CRE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8118&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N450TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N450TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 400A (registry code 7150010, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5R (registry code 52285, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 400A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-5R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 29,534 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250310001979I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/10/2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1739 EDT, SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING KCRE WHEN RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF A LARGE FLOCK OF BIRDS FLEW IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. AS A RESULT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK MULTIPLE BIRDS TO WHICH THE CREW REPORTED THEY NOTICED AN IMMEDIATE NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE ENGINE TONE. THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO KCRE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

AIRCRAFT INSPECTION REVEALED EVIDENCE OF BIRD INGESTION INTO #2 ENGINE. ALSO, THE RIGHT-HAND LANDING LIGHT DOOR EXPERIENCED NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE.

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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