# Incident 20250828011439I: Cessna 680, New Braunfels, TX, August 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2025, 08:06 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels National Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: Y9PA
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N483TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N483TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 680 (registry code 2076811, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C (registry code 52169, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 680
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW306C
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250828011439I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/28/2025 AT 08:06 CDT, A CESSNA CITATION 680 WAS DEPARTING NEW BRAUNFELS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBAZ) ENROUTE TO CARSON CITY AIRPORT (KCXP), DURING TAKEOFF/CLIMB OUT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED 2 BIRDS AND EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE WITH INGESTION OF 1 BIRD INTO THE LEFT-HAND ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSAT). THE FLIGHT CREW INDICATED THAT THEY HEARD AN ODD NOISE THAT CHANGED WITH DIFFERENT POWER SETTINGS (MORE POWER THE NOISE GOT LOUDER) IN ADDITION TO THE LEFT ENGINE VIBRATION MASTER WARNING FOR THE LEFT ENGINE. THEY RAN THE AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST AND REDUCED POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE, WITH NO VIBRATIONS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 1100 LBS. OVERWEIGHT.

THE LEFT-HAND ENGINE WAS EVALUATED, WITH (2) FAN BLADES REQUIRING REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ENGINE VIBRATION CHECK. ADDITIONALLY, COMPLIED WITH THE OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION.

IF OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS NECESSARY.

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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