# Incident 19951109043319I: Cessna 152, Charlottesville, VA, November 9, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1995, 16:15 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1396° N, 78.4523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE (CHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1396&lon=-78.4523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68220, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68220) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951109043319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 9, 1995, AT 1615 LOCAL, N68220, A CE-152, DEPARTED CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, ON A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT. DURING CLIMB-OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET AGL, THE TOWER ANNOUNCED A FLOCK OF BIRDS NEAR THE SOUTH END OF RUNWAY 21. THE PILOT ADJUSTED HIS FLIGHT PATH BUT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID THE FLOCK. A GOOSE STRUCK THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD SECTION. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR LANDING AT CHARLOTTESVILLE WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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