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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Embraer Executive EMB-505 · Richmond, IN · July 13, 2026

Date
July 13, 2026 · 17:35 local
Place
Richmond, IN
Airport
Richmond Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N454QS
Reported as
Embraer Executive EMB-505
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E
People aboard
2
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.

On climb out a "big bird" struck the left-wing leading edge causing a "signifcant" dent.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMB OUT A "BIG BIRD" STRUCK THE LEFT-WING LEADING EDGE CAUSING A "SIGNIFCANT" DENT.