# Incident 19930302006659I: Cessna 501, Visalia, CA, March 2, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1993, 19:00 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37LA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,383 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930302006659I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED A LARGE BIRD STRIKE ON RIGHT INBOARD WING. BIRD INJESTED INTO ENGINE.

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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