Greater Rochester Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Rochester, New York 14624
Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:20 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On March 13, 2014 at about 1020 EDT a Raytheon Beechjet 400A, registration number N193BJ experienced a No. 2 engine bird strike shortly after takeoff from Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC), Rochester, NY. The crew declared an emergency, turned back toward the airport and made an uneventful landing at ROC. During an inspection of the airplane, extensive damage to the No. 2 engine fan and inlet cowl were observed. The right wing had an impact mark forward of the engine inlet. Several weeks after the event a blade fragment was found lodged in the roof of a building below the flight path. The airplane was registered to Guardian Pharmacy LLC and was being operated as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Incident
Event Date 3/13/2014
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1020
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City Rochester
Event State NEW YORK
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 14624
Event Date Year 2014
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 430709N
Event Location Longitude 0774002W
Event Location Airport GREATER ROCHESTER INTL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID ROC
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 90
Airport Elevation 559
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source --
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 7
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Rochester FSDO
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Jun 27 2014 10:40AM
User who most recently changed record hunr
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N193BJ
NTSB Number ENG14IA011
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed --
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Aircraft Model 400A
Aircraft Series Identifier A
Aircraft Serial Number RK-193
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats 9
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Guardian Pharmacy LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 9731 SOUTHERN PINE BLVD STE G
Aircraft Owner City CHARLOTTE
Aircraft Owner State NC
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 282735542
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Executive/Corporate
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event --
Departure Airport Code --
Departure City --
Departure State --
Departure Country --
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jul 7 2014 1:49PM
User who most recently changed record hunr
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --