Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 14 April 2021
Aircraft Type: Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2
Owner/operator: private
Registration Number: JA001T
Location: 3,7 km W of Osaka/Yao Airport (RJOY) –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft AirframeAircraft Airframe
Investigating Agency: JTSBJTSB
Category: Accident
A Cessna 525A experienced a bird strike (gray heron) at an altitude of 500 feet shortly after takeoff from Yao Airport. The aircraft sustained significant damage and returned to the airport at 08:26 LT, 16 minutes after takeoff. No injuries were reported.A Cessna 525A experienced a bird strike (gray heron) at an altitude of 500 feet shortly after takeoff from Yao Airport. The aircraft sustained significant damage and returned to the airport at 08:26 LT, 16 minutes after takeoff. No injuries were reported.
Description
A Cessna 525A suffered a bird strike (gray heron) at an altitude of 500 feet just after take off from Yao Airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The Cessna returned to Yao at 08:26 LT, 16 minutes after take off. There were no reported injuries. PROBABLE CAUSES: The JTSB concludes that the probable cause of the accident was most likely that the aircraft collided with the bird approximately 2 nm west of Yao Airport at an altitude of approximately 500 ft during the take-off climb from the airport that caused the damage to the airframe.
Source of Information
https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2292https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2292Primary Cause
Collision with a bird approximately 2 nautical miles west of Yao Airport at an altitude of approximately 500 feet during the aircraft’s takeoff climb.Collision with a bird approximately 2 nautical miles west of Yao Airport at an altitude of approximately 500 feet during the aircraft’s takeoff climb.Share on:
