Columbus Municipal Airport: Wildlife Incidents - Airplane Bird Strikes

Date: 2008-10-08, Time: Day (18:00), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: HAWKER 800 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N851CC, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Above Ground: 10 ft, Speed: 120 knots, Phase of Flight: Approach, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt B Weller
Comments: xxxx-xx-xx-xxxxxx OPER = CUMMINS INC (UPDATED x/x/xx WITH # STRUCK)
Remarks: THIS IS A LARGE PROBLEM AT THIS AIRPORT. CONTACTED PILOT FOR # STRUCK. HE THINKS x-xx.

Date: 2008-08-26, Time: Day (16:30), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: GULFAERO IV (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N825T, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Speed: 130 knots, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck Wing or Rotor, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Base Mgr C Sdun
Comments: xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx OPER = AIRFLITE
Remarks: BIG PROBLEM AT THIS ARPT. NEVER IN NOTAMS. REQUESTED RWY SWEEPS BY ARPT VEHICLE WITH PROPANE CANNON AND FLARES.

Date: 2008-08-21, Time: Day (15:15), Sky: Overcast, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: GULFAERO IV (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N825T, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Speed: 100 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck nose, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Pilot G Mcconnell
Comments: OPER = AIRLFITE xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx
Remarks: OUT T/O WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A RWY SWEEP BY ARPT MGT WITH THEUSE OF A TRUCK GOING DOWN THE RWY USING SOME TYPE OF CANNON TO LAUNCH NUMEROUS BIG BANG CHARGES. BIRDS ARE A MAJOR PROBLEM THIS TIME OF YEAR. I SUGGET THE CITY ELIMINATE GROWING CROPS ON ARPT PROPERTY WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE ATTRACTION THE BIRDS CAN'T SEEM TO RESIST.

Date: 2008-08-14, Time: Day (19:00), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: GULFAERO IV (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N825T, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Speed: 100 knots, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Seen: Over 100, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: KILLDEER, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Struck windshield, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt G Noble
Comments: OPER = AIRFLITE xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx
Remarks: THERE WERE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF BIRD SCATTERED THRUOUT BAK ARPT THIS EVENING. BIRDS ARE A CONSTANT PROBLEM BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MANY BEFORE. THEIR NUMBERS SEEM TO BE ON THE INCREASE.

Date: 2008-08-07, Time: Day (15:00), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: GULFAERO IV (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N825T, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Above Ground: 10 ft, Speed: 150 knots, Phase of Flight: Climb, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Struck windshield, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt C Shollenbarger
Comments: xxxx-x-x-xxxxxx OPER = AIRFLITE/TOYOTA

Date: 2008-08-04, Time: Day (07:00), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: DORNIER 328 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turboprop, Registration: N804CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Speed: 115 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck Engine 2, Engine ingested the bird/ animal, Struck Wing or Rotor, Effect On Flight: Precautionary Landing, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt C Anderson
Comments: OPER = CUMMINS INC xxxx-x-x-xxxxxx
Remarks: SMALL BLACK BIRDS

Date: 2008-08-04, Time: Day (15:00), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: GULFAERO IV (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N825T, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Above Ground: 15 ft, Speed: 150 knots, Phase of Flight: Climb, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck Wing or Rotor, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt C Shollenbarger
Comments: xxxx-x-x-xxxxxx OPER = AIRFLITE/TOYOTA

Date: 2008-07-31, Time: Day (07:00), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: DORNIER 328J (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N804CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Speed: 100 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BLACKBIRDS, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck Engine 2, Effect On Flight: Precautionary Landing, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt C Anderson
Comments: xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx OPER = CUMMINS INC
Remarks: THIS TIME OF YEAR, HUNDREDS OF SML BLACKBIRDS, DOVES AND SWALLOWS IN AIRPORT VICINITY DUE TO CROPS ON SITE.MORE BIREDS WERE ON RWY WHEN RETURNED FOR PREC LDG.

Date: 2008-07-30, Time: Dawn (06:30), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: BE-300 KING (Airplane), Mass: <= 2,250 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turboprop, Registration: N983AR, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Above Ground: 20 ft, Speed: 120 knots, Phase of Flight: Climb, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck windshield, Struck nose, Struck Propeller, Struck Fuselage, Struck Tail, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Chief Pilot C Rose
Comments: OPER = EMCON TECHNOLOGIES LLC xxxx-x-x-xxxxxx

Date: 2008-07-30, Time: Day, Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: GULFAERO IV (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N825T, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Above Ground: 50 ft, Speed: 160 knots, Phase of Flight: Climb, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Base Mgr C Sdun
Comments: OPER = AIRFLITE xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx
Remarks: # STRUCK NOT REPTD, ASSUME x.

Date: 2008-07-30, Time: Day (18:30), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: DORNIER 328J (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N804CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Speed: 120 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck Wing or Rotor, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt A Bledsoe
Comments: OPER = CUMMINGS INC xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx

Date: 2008-07-28, Time: Day (07:00), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: Fog, Operator: Business, Aircraft: DORNIER 328 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turboprop, Registration: N804CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Above Ground: 10 ft, Speed: 130 knots, Phase of Flight: Climb, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck Engine 2, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt A Bledsoe
Comments: OPER = CUMMINS INC (xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx)

Date: 2008-07-23, Time: Day (17:15), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: DORNIER 328J (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N804CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Above Ground: 10 ft, Speed: 110 knots, Phase of Flight: Approach, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 1, Species: AMERICAN ROBIN, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck windshield, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt C Anderson
Comments: xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx OPER = CUMMINS INC
Remarks: ROBIN?

Date: 2008-07-22, Time: Day (16:30), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: DORNIER 328J (Airplane), Mass: 27,001 - 272,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N804CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Above Ground: 50 ft, Speed: 130 knots, Phase of Flight: Climb, Birds Seen: 2-10, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck Landing Gear, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Capt A Bledsoe
Comments: OPER - CUMMINS INC xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx

Date: 2007-07-11, Time: Day (06:50), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: HAWKER 800 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N853CC, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Above Ground: 50 ft, Speed: 130 knots, Phase of Flight: Climb, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck windshield, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7-E, Written By: Pilot R Rosebrock
Comments: xxxx-x-xx-xxxxxx OPER = CUMMINS ENGINE
Remarks: RWYS ARE SURROUNDED BY AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. SOY BEAN, CORN, HARVESTD WHAT AND TOMATOES. RWYS AND TWYS CONSTANTLY INFECTED BY BIRDS THIS TIME OF YEAR.

Date: 2006-06-14, Time: Dusk, Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: C-550 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N530P, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Speed: 110 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 1, Birds Struck: 1, Species: CROWS, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Damage: Minor, Strikes/Damages: Struck & Damaged radome, Struck windshield, Effect On Flight: None, Out Of Service: 7000 h, Other Costs: $7645, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7, Written By: Capt N Wiedersatz
Comments: OPER = LANDMAKR AVIATION (BUSINESS AIRCRAFT GROUP)
Remarks: HAIRLINE CRACKS IN RADOME.

Date: 2001-09-06, Time: Day (07:00), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: SAAB-340 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turboprop, Registration: N804CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Speed: 110 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Strikes/Damages: Struck windshield, Struck Engine 1, Struck Propeller, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7, Written By: Capt D Moore
Comments: INTERNET xxxx-x-x-xxxxxx OPER = CUMMINS INC

Date: 2001-08-30, Time: Night (04:50), Sky: Overcast, Precipation: Fog, Operator: Business, Aircraft: HAWKER 800 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N801CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Struck: 1, Species: FOXES, Strikes/Damages: Struck Landing Gear, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7, Written By: Dir Avtn J Combs
Comments: OPER = CUMMINS INC
Remarks: NO DMG.

Date: 2000-08-21, Time: Day (17:00), Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: HAWKER 800 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N801CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Above Ground: 50 ft, Speed: 120 knots, Phase of Flight: Approach, Birds Seen: 1, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: Yes, Strikes/Damages: Struck radome, Effect On Flight: None, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7, Written By: Line Pilot D Moor (2000-08-21)
Comments: OPER = CUMMINS ENG
Remarks: SPARROW OR STARLING. ARPT HAS A REOCCURRENCE WITH BIRD STRIKES BECAUSE OF CROPS GROWNG NEXT TO RWY. AQN ARPT TRUCK DROVE UP AND DOWN RWY TO SCARE BIRDS OFF x MINUTE PRIOR TO OUR LDG.

Date: 2000-08-01, Time: Day (15:00), Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: HAWKER 800 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N803CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 23, Speed: 120 knots, Phase of Flight: Landing Roll, Birds Seen: 1, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Damage: Substantial, Strikes/Damages: Struck & Damaged Engine 2, Engine ingested the bird/ animal, Effect On Flight: None, Out Of Service: 60000 h, Other Costs: $78150, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7
Comments: OPER = CUMMINGS ENGINE CO
Remarks: ENG DMGD.

Date: 2000-07-26, Sky: No Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: BA-125-800 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turbofan, Registration: N801CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Above Ground: 50 ft, Speed: 130 knots, Phase of Flight: Climb, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 1, Species: BIRD - SMALL, Size: Small, Pilot warned of birds/wildlife: No, Damage: Substantial, Strikes/Damages: Struck & Damaged Engine 1, Engine ingested the bird/ animal, Effect On Flight: None, Out Of Service: 20000 h, Other Costs: $26050, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7, Written By: Pilot J Cunningham (2000-08-01)
Comments: OPER = CUMMINS ENG
Remarks: x FAN BLADES DAMAGED AND --- IN CORE OF ENG. INGESTION.

Date: 2000-07-05, Time: Day, Sky: Some Cloud, Precipation: None, Operator: Business, Aircraft: SAAB-340 (Airplane), Mass: 5,701 - 27,000 kg, Engines: 2, Power Type: Turboprop, Registration: N804CE, Remains Collected: No, Runway: 5, Speed: 115 knots, Phase of Flight: Take-off run, Birds Seen: 11-100, Birds Struck: 2-10, Species: MOURNING DOVE, Size: Small, Strikes/Damages: Struck Engine 1, Struck Engine 2, Engine ingested the bird/ animal, Struck Propeller, Struck Fuselage, Effect On Flight: Aborted Take-off, Report Type: FAA Form 5200-7, Written By: Capt B Stinebring (2000-07-07)
Remarks: BOTH ENGINES INGESTED SOME BIRDS, AT LEAST x. FUSELAGE SHOWED BIRD STRIKES, PROBABLY AFTER GOING THRU PROP.