# Accident 20090404003799A: Cessna 172S, Snohomish, WA, April 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2009, 16:05 local time
- Place: Snohomish, WA
- Airport: Harvey Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9049° N, 122.1027° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARVEY FLD (S43), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9049&lon=-122.1027&mi=10
- Aircraft: N491SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N491SF) (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: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090404003799A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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