# Incident 20111108027039I: Cessna 172R, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2011, 18:05 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: QN7S
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181MW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N181MW) (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: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 130 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111108027039I

## Narrative

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

AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR A TWO MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 35 AT SLC INT'L AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT HIT TWO BIRDS AT 5600 FEET MSL. THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AND A METAL STRIP ON TOP OF THE CABIN WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N181MW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980523024609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980523024609I), May 23, 1998: Cessna 172R (N181MW), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Bounced landing. Wind gust pushed aircraft to the side striking two lights pilot didnt request wind information.

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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