# Accident 19990810011689A: Cessna 152, Salt Lake City, UT, August 10, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1999, 13:15 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8094° N, 111.9406° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8094&lon=-111.9406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89186, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89186) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990810011689A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK A LARGE BIRD ON WHILE ON DOWNWIND APPROACH AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.19) ON AUGUST 10, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1300 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 152, N89186, OWNED AND OPERATED BY BUZZARD AIR, INC., WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A BIRD WHILE ON LANDING APPROACH AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD, WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE AERIAL OBSERVATION FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME.  PRELIMINARY INDICATE THE AIRPLANE WAS ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A BIRD.  THE PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN EAGLE.  THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  POSTACCIDENT INSPECTION DISCLOSED RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE DAMAGE ABOUT TWO FEET INBOARD FROM THE WINGTIP.  AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR WHO INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE SAID THERE WAS WING SPAR DAMAGE.                                                               (-23)THE PILOT WAS ON A DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH IN TERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A LARGE BIRD WHICH IMPACTED THE LEADING EDGE OF HIS RIGHT WING APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) FEET INBOARD FROM THE WING TIP. THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN99LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA141), Aug 10, 1999: Cessna 152 (N89186), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent collision with a bird.

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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