# Incident 20031128032109I: Cessna 172M, Pompano Beach, FL, November 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2003, 12:02 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80871, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80871) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 110 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031128032109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BIRD STIKE ON APPROACH TO LOCALIZER 15 TO POMPANO AIRPARK, SHORT FINAL ON APPROACH AT ABOUT 150 FT. BIRD HIT RIGHT WING AT LEADING EDGE. CONTINUED APPROACH, LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO WING LEADING EDGE JUST FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE WING STRUT. DAMAGE SUSTAINED TOWING LEADING EDGE ONLY, NO DAMAGE TO SPAR OR ADJOINING MAIN RIBS. SKIN BUCKLED INWARD TOWARD SPAR FROM ONE OF THE FALSE RIBS.

## Other reports on N80871 (1)

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

- [Incident 19980828039709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828039709I), Aug 28, 1998: Cessna 172M (N80871), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-5) Pilot made a hard landing and porpoised 3 times striking and damaging the nose gear. The student pilot stated that he will attend ground school and then…

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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