# Accident 20090821014389A: Cessna 172R, Olive Branch, MS, August 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2009, 19:25 local time
- Place: Olive Branch, MS
- Airport: Olive Branch
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VZZS
- Location: 34.9787° N, 89.7869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Olive Branch Airport (OLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9787&lon=-89.7869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3508T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3508T-2012-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 466 total, 442 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090821014389A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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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