# Incident 20130426005769I: Cessna 172S, Fargo, ND, April 26, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2013, 21:45 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N537ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N537ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130426005769I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 26, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 2145, A CESSNA 172S REGISTERED TO THE UNIVERSITY  OF NORTH DAKOTA ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE ON APPROACH TO LAND AT KFAR DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT.  VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGER.  THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT RATING.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GRAND FORKS ND.

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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