# Incident 20031102032089I: Amtr BUSHBYMII, Ft. Myers, FL, November 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2003
- Place: Ft. Myers, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cox Paul W BUSHBY MUSTANG II (registry code 1690676, https://openairdocs.org/model/cox-paul-w-bushby-mustang-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BUSHBYMII
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 3,000 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/20031102032089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 2, 2003, AT 1400 EDT, A EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT BUSHBY MUSTANG II, N80PC, REGISTERED TO PAUL W. COX, HIT A BIRD WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE BIRD PENETRATED THE WINDSCREEN DAMAGED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND HIT THE PASSENGER IN THE FACE. THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES BUT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT OCALA, FLORIDA, ON NOVEMBER 2, 2003, 1300.

## Other reports on N80PC (1)

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

- [Incident 20220716012549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220716012549I), Jul 16, 2022: Cox Paul W BUSHBY MUSTANG II (N80PC), Okeechobee, FL, Minor damage. 1) On July 16, 2022, between the times of 0810-0815 (l), the pilot of an aircraft with the registration of [privacy data omitted] made a straight in approach…

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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