C500 ENCOUNTERS BIRDS ON FINAL APCH TO JAC. SUBSEQUENT MAINT INSPECTION IMPROPERLY DOCUMENTED.

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ON SHORT FINAL AT JACKSON HOLE ARPT; ENCOUNTERED SMALL BIRDS HITTING WINDOW; FUSELAGE AND L ENG (DISCOVERED FROM POSTFLT WALKAROUND). ADVISED TWR OF BIRD STRIKE. CONTACTED OUR CESSNA FIELD SVC REPRESENTATIVE BY TELEPHONE TO SEE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. HE ADVISED TO INSPECT ENG FOR INGESTION OF BIRD MATTER. HE ADVISED IF MATTER IS APPARENT IN THE CORE; THEN A BORESCOPE WOULD BE REQUIRED. IF MATTER HAD GONE THROUGH BYPASS; NO PROB. THE LCL FBO WAS CONTACTED BY MY SIC TO REQUEST MECH TO LOOK AT ENG FOR BIRD INGESTION. HE CONCURRED AND FOUND NOTHING HAD ENTERED THE CORE AND SAID TO WATCH THE ITT (TEMPS) ON THE ENG FOR ANYTHING SUSPECT. WE DEPARTED JACKSON AND MADE FLTS THE FOLLOWING WK UNEVENTFULLY. MY SIC THEN ADVISED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE FAA REQUESTING INFO ON THIS BIRD STRIKE. WE THEN RESEARCHED THE MATTER FURTHER AND FOUND THAT THE INCIDENT REQUIRED A BIRD STRIKE PROC TO BE FOLLOWED. WE GNDED THE ACFT AND ARE PRESENTLY AWAITING INSPECTION BY AUTH TECHNICIAN TO ACCOMPLISH THIS PROC. WE HAD TAKEN THE MECH'S WORD AT FACE VALUE THAT NOTHING FURTHER WAS REQUIRED; INCLUDING ANY LOGBOOK NOTATION TO THAT EFFECT. GENERATING THE BIRD STRIKE RPT OPENED A CAN OF WORMS FOR US WITH THE FAA. I WOULD BE RELUCTANT EVER TO MAKE A RPT OF SUCH INCIDENT TO THE FAA WITH REGARD TO PIREPS; BIRD STRIKES OR SIMILAR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE SECONDARY RPTR NOTED THAT MAINT SVC DEPT INITIALLY FAILED TO NOTE A SPECIFIC PROC FOR A BIRD STRIKE AND IT WAS ONLY SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED THAT A BORESCOPE CHK WAS REQUIRED. HE REEMPHASIZED HIS DISPLEASURE AT LEARNING HIS ATTEMPT TO BE COOPERATIVE WITH THE FAA; IE; SUBMITTING THE BIRD STRIKE RPT WHICH WAS NOT A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT; RESULTED IN THREATENED CERTIFICATE ACTION DUE PRIMARILY TO THE BAD SVC PROVIDED BY MAINT RESOURCES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 612895: I SHOULD HAVE OBTAINED A SIGN-OFF AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. IN FUTURE I WILL OBTAIN SIGN-OFF FOR WORK HOWEVER SMALL OR INSIGNIFICANT. ALSO I WILL NO LONGER VOLUNTEER BIRD STRIKE RPTS; PIREPS OR VOLUNTEER INFO. BIRD STRIKE RPT CAUSED THIS 'INVESTIGATION.'