# Incident 20080926855509I: Cirrus SR22, Fort Lauderdal, FL, September 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2008, 13:12 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdal, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124JF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,300 total, 600 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080926855509I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ON RNWY 08 KFXE, FLEW CROSSWIND AND THEN CONTINUED ON A DOWN WIND DEPARTURE AND CLIMB.  AT APPROX 2500 FEET AND 4 NM NORTH WEST, AT LEAST 2 BIRDS CONTACTED THE AIRCRAFT.  ONE BIRD CONTACTED AND BROKE THE WIND SCREEN AND ENTERED THE COCKPIT.  ANOTHER BIRD WAS WEDGED IN THE SHEET METAL JUNCTION NEAR THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WHEEL FAIRING.  PILOT SQUWAKED 7777 AND RETURNED BACK TO KFXE AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCINDENT.  PILOT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND 4 STICHES TO CLOSE SMALL LACERATION.  WX DATA –FXE SPECIAL 261720Z 08005KT 10SM SCT040 BKN120 29/17 A2991

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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