# Incident 20251116016379I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 400A, Escanaba, MI, November 16, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2025, 14:05 local time
- Place: Escanaba, MI
- Airport: Delta County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ABOA
- Location: 45.7227° N, 87.0937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELTA COUNTY (ESC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7227&lon=-87.0937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon 400A (registry code 7150010, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 400A
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 39,356 total, 1,741 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251116016379I

## Narrative

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

THE BE-400A CREW ACCELERATED THE AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF ROLL TO 108 KNOTS WHEN THE PIC SPOTTED A LARGE BIRD BELOW THEM AT ROTATION. AS THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED TO FIFTEEN DEGREES, THE BALD EAGLE STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE RADOME, DENTING METAL SKIN, PARTIALLY TEARING THE LANDING LIGHT DOOR, AND DAMAGING THE PITOT TUBE RENDERING THE RIGHT-SEAT AIRSPEED INOPERATIVE. THE CREW NOTED NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS IMPACT OR INGESTION DAMAGE TO EITHER ENGINE. AFTER MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH CLOUDS, THE PIC NOTED CLEAR WEATHER CONDITIONS, CONTACTED THE CENTER TO REPORT THE BIRD STRIKE, LEVELED OFF AT 10,000 FEET MSL, AND FLEW WESTWARD ONE HOUR TO THEIR HOME AIRPORT. THE PIC CONTINUED THE FLIGHT AFTER DECIDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFE TO FLY AND DUE TO THE CONCERN OF A POSSIBLY CONTAMINATED RUNWAY ON RETURN. AIRPORT PERSONNEL LATER RETRIEVED THE REMAINS OF THE BALD EAGLE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCREW FILED A FAA FORM 5200-7 POST FLIGHT TO REPORT THE BIRD STRIKE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE TWO CREW MEMBERS OR FIVE PASSENGERS.

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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