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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525 · Fayetteville, AR · April 18, 2025

Date: April 18, 2025 · 11:57 local
Place: Fayetteville, AR
Airport: Drake Field
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N525FC
Reported as: Cessna 525
Reported engine: Williams FJ-44 series
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,800 total

N525FCRegistered now · Cessna 525S/N 525-0531 · Built 2004 Airframe modelCessna 525 Engine modelWilliams FJ-44 seriesTurbo-fan

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.

Investigating ASI spoke to PIC about the reported bird strike while on approach to landing at Drake Field Airport (kfyv) on runway 16. The aircraft landed without incident. Upon post-flight inspection, the large bird hit the nose landing gear. Blood and feathers were on the nose gear, evidence of the wildlife strike. No damage was found. ASI instructed PIC to file an FAA wildlife strike report using the online resource.

As the FAA filed it

INVESTIGATING ASI SPOKE TO PIC ABOUT THE REPORTED BIRD STRIKE WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT DRAKE FIELD AIRPORT (KFYV) ON RUNWAY 16. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, THE LARGE BIRD HIT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. BLOOD AND FEATHERS WERE ON THE NOSE GEAR, EVIDENCE OF THE WILDLIFE STRIKE. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. ASI INSTRUCTED PIC TO FILE AN FAA WILDLIFE STRIKE REPORT USING THE ONLINE RESOURCE.