# Incident 20250424016919I: Bombardier Inc BD-100-1A10, Houston, TX, April 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2025, 21:12 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: C85J
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier BD-100-1A10 (registry code 1390044, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-bd-100-1a10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell AS907-1-1A (registry code 33908, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-as907-1-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC BD-100-1A10
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL AS907-1-1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250424016919I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 25, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 0112Z, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, BD-100-1A10, WAS DEPARTING KHOU ON RUNWAY 22 ENROUTE TO KCGF WITH VFR CONDITIONS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED WITH NORMAL LIGHT TURBULENCE (ENGINE THRUST) AND ONCE AT CRUISING ALTITUDE THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR THE REST OF THE WAY TO KCGF, AND THEY LANDED AT KCGF WITH NO ISSUES. DURING THE POST-FLIGHT WALK AROUND THE PILOT NOTICED THE RIGHT-HAND ENGINE INLET (ANTI-ICE) FARING HAD MINOR DAMAGE AT THE 5 O’CLOCK POSITION (LOWER OUTBOARD) WITH REMAINS FROM A BIRD.  IT APPEARED THE BIRD WAS NOT INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE DUE TO THE TRAIL OF REMAINS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING TRAILING TO THE REAR AND THAT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE IN THE ENGINE 1ST STAGE COMPRESSOR BLADES. THE CREW DID NOT SEE ANY BIRDS OR HEAR ANY UNUSUAL NOISE DURING THE FLIGHT AND ARE UNSURE WHEN THE IMPACT TO TOOK PLACE. PILOT FELT THAT IT MOST LIKELY HAPPENED AT CLIMB OUT.

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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