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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer Executive EMB-505 · Bridgeport, CT · May 2, 2026

Date
May 2, 2026 · 00:10 local
Place
Bridgeport, CT
Airport
Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport
Phase of flight
Unknown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N496QS
Reported as
Embraer Executive EMB-505
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E1
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Bird strike right wing, leading edge and right inlet engine nacel and acoustic liner.

As the FAA filed it

BIRD STRIKE RIGHT WING, LEADING EDGE AND RIGHT INLET ENGINE NACEL AND ACOUSTIC LINER.