# Incident 20250418004989I: Cessna 525, Fayetteville, AR, April 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2025, 11:57 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0051° N, 94.1701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAKE FLD (FYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525FC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525FC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525 (registry code 2076601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Williams FJ-44 series (registry code 66000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/williams-fj-44-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- Reported engine: WILLIAMS FJ 44 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250418004989I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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