# Incident 20130610011079I: Piper PA-44-180, Sanford, FL, June 10, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2013, 16:15 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177CA-2021-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,092 total, 147 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130610011079I

## Narrative

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

AN AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO AEROSIM FLIGHT ACADEMY IN SANFORD ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH ONE STUDENT ON BOARD WAS ON DOWNWIND TO KSFB RUNWAY 9L WAS TOWER DIRECTED TO COMPLETE A 360 DEGREE RIGHT TURN TO GIVE WAY FOR SPACING DUE TO AN INBOUND AIRCRAFT. AT APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES INTO THE TURN, FACING NORTH A BIRD CAME FROM THE LEFT AND STRUCK THE RIGHT WING, MIDWAY ON THE LEADING EDGE. BECAUSE OF THE FLIGHT PARAMETERS IN PLACE, IT WAS STATED THAT THE BIRD WAS NOT VISIBLE UNTIL IT HAD CROSSED IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE AND WAS UNAVOIDABLE. THEY DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY LANDING BUT, A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS REQUESTED. THE PIC TOOK CONTROL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

PRELIMINARY INSPECTION SHOWS THE RIGHT WING TOOK A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT MIDWAY CORD ON THE LEADING EDGE. THE ANGLE WAS OF A DOWNWARD IMPACT CAUSING THE SKIN TO SEPARATE BUT DID NOT INCUR ANY SPAR DAMAGE HOWEVER RIB DAMAGE OUTBOARD SIDE AT THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS EVIDENT ON A VISUAL INSPECTION PERFORMED. THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT PULLED THE L/E SKIN BACK AND APPLIED A TEMPORARY PATCH IN ORDER TO FERRY THE AIRCRAFT FOR PERMANENT REPAIRS AND ARE SEEKING A FERRY PERMIT.

## Other reports on N177CA (2)

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

- [Incident 20170515004929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170515004929I), May 15, 2017: Piper PA-44-180 (N177CA), Deland, FL, Minor damage. Two to three seconds after a normal touchdown and landing the nose gear collapsed. According to the crew, the traffic pattern leading up to the landing had…
- [Incident 20150905014871I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150905014871I), Sep 5, 2015: Piper PA-44-180 (N177CA), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft was taxing out of ramp area at night and was watching other aircraft doing their run ups. Run up area is right on the edge of the ramp. Pilot said…

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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