Tuesday, July 19, 2022

British Aerospace BAe.146-200, N476NA: Incident occurred July 18, 2022 in Mariposa, California

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Fresno, California

Aircraft struck a bird inflight causing damage to the leading edge of the left wing. 

Neptune Aviation Services Inc


Date: 18-JUL-22
Time: 21:10:00Z
Regis#: N476NA
Aircraft Make: BAE
Aircraft Model: BAE146
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: FIREFIGHTING
Flight Phase: MANEUVERING (MNV)
City: MARIPOSA
State: CALIFORNIA

1 comment:

  1. Firefighter heroes. I read on an aviation board that one crew fighting a western fire not long ago saw massive branches floating DOWN in front of them from the updrafts as they were swooping in to drop retardant. They missed them but how scary is that.

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