What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Bird struck fuselage above right windshield
As the FAA filed it
BIRD STRUCK FUSELAGE ABOVE RIGHT WINDSHIELD
FAA incident report · Bombardier CL-600-2B16 · Aspen, CO · February 28, 2026
- Date
- February 28, 2026 · 09:29 local
- Place
- Aspen, CO
- Airport
- Aspen Pitkin County Airport
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Operating rules
- Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator
- DXTA
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N209QS
- Reported as
- Bombardier CL-600-2B16
- Reported engine
- GE CF34-3B
- People aboard
- 8
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Other injuries
- 0
N209QSRegistered now · Bombardier CL-600-2B16Airframe modelBombardier CL-600-2B16Engine modelGE CF34-3B
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.