# Incident 20150403002999I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Orlando, FL, April 3, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2015, 16:49 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N477DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N477DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150403002999I

## Narrative

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

BIRDSTRIKE ON LANDING FLARE-OUT AT KORL ON RUNWAY 25.

A BIRD STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT N477DA A SR-20 WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING, JUST AS HE FLARED THE AIRCRAFT.

THE BIRD STRUCK THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, SIMPLY COSMETIC IN NATURE.

## Other reports on N477DA (1)

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

- [Incident 20160810017469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160810017469I), Aug 10, 2016: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N477DA), Sanford, FL, No damage. A Cirrus SR-20, aircraft operated by aerosim academy reported that after takeoff and, initial climb to 1100? MSL, the PIC, caught a quick glimpse of something…

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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