# Incident 20120126001169I: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Punta Gorda, FL, January 26, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Punta Gorda
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9186° N, 81.9909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUNTA GORDA (PGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9186&lon=-81.9909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N422PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N422PS-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Czech Sport PIPER SPORT (registry code 0600073, https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120126001169I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 26, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 EDT, A CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT, MODEL PIPER SPORT, N422PS, SERIAL NO. P1001010, OWNED BY US SPORT AIRCRAFT INC., AND OPERATED BY PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD A BIRD STRIKE AT 800 FEET MSL WHILE DEMONSTRATING A "TURN AROUND POINT" TRAINING MANEUVER TO A STUDENT PILOT.  THE IMPACT TORE OFF ONE OF THE THREE PROPELLER BLADES CAUSING EXCESSIVE ENGINE VIBRATIONS AND FORCING THE PILOT TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FARM FIELD 10 MILES EAST OF THE PUNTA GORDA CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT (KPGD).  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND FORWARD FUSELAGE AREA.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN PUNTA GORDA (PGD).  THE PILOT AND STUDENT WERE UNINJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITONS PREVALIED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N422PS (1)

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

- [Accident 20180310001889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180310001889A), Mar 10, 2018: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT (N422PS), Addison, TX, Substantial damage. On March 10, 2018, at approximately 1647 central daylight time, a Czech Piper Sport, N422PS, departed Addison Airport on runway 15. Shortly after takeoff, the…

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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