# Incident 19960110001719I: Cessna 310R, Sarasota-Brand, FL, January 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1996, 14:57 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Brand, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Brandenton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1716E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1716E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960110001719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PILOT OF N1716E WAS ENROUTE FROM PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT TO SRQ WHEN A BIRD STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT REPORTED BEING ON A 4-5 MILE RIGHT BASE TO RUNWAY 32 AT SRQ, WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT, STRUCK A BIRD IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 1,200 FEET. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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