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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210M · Lakeland, FL · January 12, 2011

Date
January 12, 2011 · 15:44 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Linder Regional Airpo
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N761PY
Reported as
Cessna 210M
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
22,079 total525 in this make and model25 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.

The aircraft departed Lakeland Linder regional airport (lal) in route to bartow municipal airport (bow). Approximately one minute into the flight a bird struck the left wing leading edge. After landing, an FAA mechanic with an IA rating inspected the aircraft and identified a 16 inch tear in left wing leading edge skin approximately 30 inches inboard of the wing-tip.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT (LAL) IN ROUTE TO BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BOW). APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE INTO THE FLIGHT A BIRD STRUCK THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. AFTER LANDING, AN FAA MECHANIC WITH AN IA RATING INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND IDENTIFIED A 16 INCH TEAR IN LEFT WING LEADING EDGE SKIN APPROXIMATELY 30 INCHES INBOARD OF THE WING-TIP.