# Incident 20060308003079I: Cessna 172C, Tonopah, NV, March 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2006, 19:30 local time
- Place: Tonopah, NV
- Airport: Tonopah
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0599° N, 117.0866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TONOPAH (TPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0599&lon=-117.0866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8313X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8313X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 155 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060308003079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE DESCENDING FROM 10500' TO 8500' AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE RIGHT HAND FORWARD WINDSCREEN. WINDSCREEN DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED AIRCRAFT INTO A STEEP TURN AND DESCENT. AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND LANDED SAFELY AT THE TONAPAH, NV AIRPORT. PASSENGER IN RIGHT HAND SEAT SUFFERED MINOR CUTS AND ABRASIONS FROM WINDSCREEN DEPARTURE. PASSENGER WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL AND RELEASED.

## Other reports on N8313X (1)

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

- [Accident 19781030041949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781030041949A), Oct 30, 1978: Cessna 172D (N8313X), Shawano, WI, Substantial damage

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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