19800214023109I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210L · Savannah, GA · February 14, 1980

Date
February 14, 1980 · 12:12 local
Place
Savannah, GA
Airport
Travis
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2376S
Reported as
Cessna 210L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot encountered a flock of birds. One struck left wing resulting in damage to the leading edge.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF BIRDS. ONE STRUCK LEFT WING RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE.