# Accident 20081105851539A: Cessna 172F, Hutchinson, MN, November 5, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2008, 17:45 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, MN
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal-Butler Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8597° N, 94.3825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8597&lon=-94.3825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5556R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5556R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 289 total, 240 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081105851539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOCAL FLIGHT PERFORMED ONE FULL STOP LANDING, UPON APPROACH FOR SECOND LANDING APPROXIMATLEY 50 TO 100 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET R/H WING LEADING EDGE WAS STRUCK BY LARGE BIRD.  AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.  DAMAGE TO R/H LEADING EDGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET WIDE.  LEADING EDGE ALUMINUM WAS TORN OPEN IN TWO PLACES APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES APART AND WAS INDENTED APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES.

## 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 CEN09CA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA053), Nov 5, 2008: Cessna 172F (N5556R), Hutchinson, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The bird that the airplane struck while on final approach.

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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