# Incident 19840418020779I: Cessna 172P, Sioux Falls, SD, April 18, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1984, 21:44 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Sioux Falls
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5855° N, 96.7412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5855&lon=-96.7412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52419, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52419-2007-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840418020779I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK A BIRD WITH THE PROPELLER WHILE IN THE PATTERN ON A NIGHT STUDENT INSTRUCTION FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N52419 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970928029209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970928029209A), Sep 28, 1997: Cessna 172P (N52419), Yankton, SD, Substantial damage. Crash landed at ykn. No details. (.4)in a written statement, the pilot reported that the winds were reported between 280 and 290 at 18 knots with gusts to 20.…
- [Accident 19831117075549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831117075549A), Nov 17, 1983: Cessna 172P (N52419), Yankton, SD. Mechanic struck by hot prop as he moved it for the pilot. Mags were off but plead wired incorrectly made mag hot.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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