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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172S · Snohomish, WA · April 4, 2009

Date
April 4, 2009 · 16:05 local
Place
Snohomish, WA
Airport
Harvey Field
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N491SF
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Continental IO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
34 total34 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) A bird strike occurred during entry into traffic pattern at Harvey Field, WA. Pilot saw black bird out of left wing. Pilot felt bird strike and had to add power to maintain altitude. Pilot had to add right rudder and right aileron to flight straight. Pilot landed without further incident or injury.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A BIRD STRIKE OCCURRED DURING ENTRY INTO TRAFFIC PATTERN AT HARVEY FIELD, WA. PILOT SAW BLACK BIRD OUT OF LEFT WING. PILOT FELT BIRD STRIKE AND HAD TO ADD POWER TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. PILOT HAD TO ADD RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON TO FLIGHT STRAIGHT. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT OR INJURY.