# Accident 20070127000849A: Cessna 172S, Osteen, FL, January 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2007, 12:41 local time
- Place: Osteen, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7778° N, 81.2375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7778&lon=-81.2375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20956, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20956-2007-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 673 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070127000849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1300FT MSL, N20956, A CESSNA 172SP, STRUCK A BUZZARD. DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, OUTBOARD OF THE STRUT. FULL DEFLECTION OF LEFT AILERON WAS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND ENTERED A SPIN/STEEP SPIRAL, TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED FORWARD PRESSURE TO THE CONTROL WHEEL AND RECOVERED AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FT MSL. THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND AGAIN WAS RECOVERED AT APPROX. 50 FT MSL AND 100 KTS. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD, FLAT AT APPROX. 100 KTS, THE NOSE WHEEL DUG IN AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED. NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA07CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA045), Jan 27, 2007: Cessna 172S (N20956), Sanford, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent inflight collision with a bird resulting in damage to the airplane and the pilot having limited control capability.

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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