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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182T · Atlantic, IA · March 6, 2012

Date
March 6, 2012 · 00:05 local
Place
Atlantic, IA
Airport
Denison Municipal
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231SP
Reported as
Cessna 182T
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
8,300 total5,000 in this make and model100 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 was at 2500 feet MSL, at night, when it flew into a flock of geese. The impact with the geese damaged the right wing, horizontal stabilizer. Propeller spinner and a landing gear housing. The pilot was able to land the aircraft at the Denison, IA, airport without incident.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 2500 FEET MSL, AT NIGHT, WHEN IT FLEW INTO A FLOCK OF GEESE. THE IMPACT WITH THE GEESE DAMAGED THE RIGHT WING, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. PROPELLER SPINNER AND A LANDING GEAR HOUSING. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT THE DENISON, IA, AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT.