# Incident 20000523016819I: Cessna 172P, Alabaster, AL, May 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2000
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52254, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52254-2007-03-29) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000523016819I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PIC REPORTED WHILE ON A PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT DEPARTED SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT (21A) ON MAY 23,2000, AT 1000L, THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD BROKE APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO FLIGHT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. HE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE PIC REPORTED HIS PASSENGER ON-BOARD, WHO IS ALSO A PRIVATE PILOT, ASSISTED IN FLYING THE AIRCRAFT WHILE HE TOOL PHOTOGRAPHS OF DAWSON MEMORIAL CHURCH.  THE BOTH TOLD INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DA^, ASO-FSDO-09, A LOUD PRECEDED THE WINDSHIELD BREAK WHICH, IN THEIR OPINION, WAS RESULT OF A BIRD STRIKE.  THE PIC ALSO REPORTED HE HAD FULL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT ALL TIEMS.  THE IARCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  NEITHER PERSON ON-BOARD WERE INJURIED.

## Other reports on N52254 (1)

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

- [Accident 20031012025929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031012025929A), Oct 12, 2003: Cessna 172P (N52254), Pell City, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 12, 2003, at 1045 central daylight time, a Cessna 172P, N52254, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR 91 instructional flight,…

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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