- Date
- December 10, 2006, 18:39 local (Dec 11, 2006, 00:39 UTC)
- Place
- Waukegan, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N523FXBombardier BD-100-1A10
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20061210030289A
- Case key
- 65331
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Probable cause
The bird strike during initial climb after takeoff from the departure airport.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane impacted bird(s) after takeoff, approximately 450 feet above ground level. The airplane then returned to the departure airport, encountered but did not strike additional geese during the approach, and landed without further incident.
Factual narrative
On December 10, 2006, at 1839 central standard time, a Bombardier Inc BD-100-1A10, N523FX, registered as a fractional ownership through Bombardier Flexjet and operated by Jet solutions, LLC, received substantial damage on impact with bird(s) during initial climb after takeoff from runway 23 (6,000 feet by 150 feet, asphalt) at Waukegan Regional Airport, Waukegan, Illinois. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 135 flight was operating on an instrument rules flight plan. The airplane was piloted by a Bombardier Flexjet flightcrew. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was en route to Waukesha, Wisconsin.
After takeoff, approximately 450 feet above ground level, the airplane struck a flock of Canadian geese. The airplane then returned to the departure airport, encountered but did not strike additional geese during the approach, and landed without further incident.
The right side of the nose and right wing leading edge were damaged. Repairs to the airplane included replacement of the right fuselage forward skin, frames 242.5 and 253. The forward pressure bulkhead outer frame, 250, was repaired.
Remains of the bird(s) were not retained for identification by Bombardier Flexjet, Jet solutions, LLC, or other maintenance personnel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N523FX
- Reported as
- Bombardier BD-100-1A10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20074
- Engine
- Aero Engines AS907-1-1A, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Jet Solutions, LLC
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey Feinstein, C/O Bombardier Aerospace Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- UGN · Waukegan, IL
- Destination
- UES · Waukesha, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- UGN · Waukegan Regional, runway 23
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 9,879 total · 493 in this make and model · 7,434 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Co-pilot
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 1, 2007, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 928 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.