20090821014389A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172R · Olive Branch, MS · August 21, 2009

Date
August 21, 2009 · 19:25 local
Place
Olive Branch, MS
Airport
Olive Branch
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
VZZS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3508T
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
466 total442 in this make and model153 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) Aircraft was on approach to runway 36 when a flock of canadian geese flew into the path of the aircraft. The geese struck the aircraft. The aircraft was able to land safely without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36 WHEN A FLOCK OF CANADIAN GEESE FLEW INTO THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE GEESE STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO LAND SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT.