# Incident 20060608015539I: Cessna 172N, Carbondale-Murp, IL, June 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2006, 21:30 local time
- Place: Carbondale-Murp, IL
- Airport: Southern Illinois
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7781° N, 89.2520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MDH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7781&lon=-89.2520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6289F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6289F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 127 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060608015539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRMAN WAS PRACTICING NIGHT TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE CARBONDALE AIRPORT. DURING CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD WHICH DAMAGED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND KNOCKED OFF THE AIRMAN'S HEADSET. THE AIRMAN RECOVERED HIS HEADSET AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR LANDING. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N6289F (1)

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

- [Incident 20060224009289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060224009289I), Feb 24, 2006: Cessna 172N (N6289F), Carbondale-Murp, IL, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] - the airman was conducting touch and go landings on runway 18R at kmdh. On the second landing, with a slight crosswind from the…

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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