# Incident 20151128020429I: Cessna 172P, Opa Locka, FL, November 28, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2015, 15:30 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IWYA
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5352K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5352K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D2J (registry code 41595, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d2j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151128020429I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND  STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED A LOCALIZER APPROACH ON RUNWAY 9L AT OPA LOCKA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KOPF) AND REQUESTED A CIRCLE-TO-LAND ON RUNWAY 9R.  AS THEY WERE IN THE LEFT TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL TO 9R, BOTH PILOTS FELT AND HEARD THE HEAVY THUD AND THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE LEFT MOMENTARILY.  AT THE TIME, THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 FT AGL AND 1 MILE WEST/NW OF 9R, AND THE LEFT WING WAS LOW AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A TURN.  THE STUDENT PILOT SAW THE BIRD MOMENTARILY AS IT FLEW FROM  RIGHT SIDE AND BELOW THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE IMPACT. THE DAMAGE TO THE WING WAS CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS POINT, THE INSTRUCTOR  TOOK THE CONTROLS AS A PRECAUTION, REPORTED THE STRIKE TO THE TOWER AND  LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT  N5352K, WAS  GROUNDED AND REMOVED FROM SERVICE, AND AWAITING REPAIR. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING. NO INJURIES.

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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