Service difficulty report · Radome · Dorner DO328100

Difficulty date
June 11, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434JS
Make and model
Dorner DO328100
Aircraft serial
3051
Engine
Pwa PW119B
Propeller
Hartzl HDE6C3B
Part
Radome
Part number
001A531A0000002
Condition
Bird Strike
Location
Fwd Fuselage
Stage of operation
TO
Nature of condition
C
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

SHORTLY AFTER T/O, THE CREW REPORTED STRIKING A BIRD IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRCRAFT RADOME. CREW CONTINUED ON WITH THE FLIGHT AND LANDED IN PIT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PIT MX INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE RADOME HAD BEEN DAMAGED. THEY REPLACED THE RADOME IAW MM 53-10-00.