# Incident 20111114027049I: Cessna 172M, Princeton, MN, November 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2011, 18:30 local time
- Place: Princeton, MN
- Airport: Princeton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5599° N, 93.6082° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINCETON MUNI (PNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5599&lon=-93.6082&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70392, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70392) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 50 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111114027049I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE FROM STC AT 3300 FT PILOT HEARD LOUD METALIC BANG(NOISE) FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  CONCERNED ABOUT ENGINE, CHECKED GAUGES AND FOUND NORMAL.  NOT KNOWING WHAT THE CAUSE WAS NOTIFIED STC OF PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT PNM.  AFTER PILOT LANDED HE NOTIFIED STC BY CELL PHONE LANDING WAS SAFE.  PILOT THEN FOUND A DENT IN RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE FROM A BIRD STRIKE.

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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