Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 24 MAY 2012 |
| Type: | Canadair CC-144A Challenger 600 |
| Operator: | Canadian Armed Forces |
| Registration: | 144601 |
| C/n / msn: | 1040 |
| First flight: | 1983 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Tampa-Mac Dill AFB, FL (MCF) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Tampa-Mac Dill AFB, FL (MCF/KMCF), United States of America |
The Canadair CC-144A Challenger 600 jet suffered a birdstrike with a large turkey vulture while on approach to MacDill AFB, FL (MCF).
Temporary repairs were made to the radome and forward bulkhead before it was ferried to Canada on 10 July 2012.
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 549
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
