# Accident 20160111004159A: Cessna R182, Baton Rouge, LA, January 11, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2016, 13:52 local time
- Place: Baton Rouge, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 6VIA
- Location: 30.6225° N, 91.1411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6225&lon=-91.1411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4423R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4423R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 765 total, 123 in this make and model, 263 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160111004159A

## Narrative

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

THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF THE PILOT'S STATEMENT:

PILOT WAS FLYING APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES NE OF THE BATON ROUGE AIRPORT (BTR) WHILE ON A PIPELINE PATROL. A BUZZARD APPEARED IN HIS VIEW AFTER A RIGHT TURN AND HE ESTIMATED IT TO BE 200 FEET FROM THE A/C. HE BANKED LEFT IN ORDER TO AVOID THE BIRD. THE BIRD NOTICED HIM AND ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE DIRECTION AND BEGAN TO CLIMB. DUE TO THE BIRD CHANGING ITS ALTITUDE AND THE RISE OF THE RIGHT WING DURING THE TURN, THE BIRD COLLIDED WITH THE UPPER, OUTER PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING.

THE PILOT PERFORMED SEVERAL CONTROLLABILITY TESTS ON THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO LAND AT HIS HOME BASE OF LA REGIONAL (L38) WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES SOUTH OF HIS LOCATION INSTEAD OF LANDING AT BTR AIRPORT. HIS STATEMENT INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS DID NOT CHANGE AFTER THE BIRD STRIKE, THERFORE HE DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA101), Jan 11, 2016: Cessna 182 (N4423R), Baton Rouge, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent collision with a bird while maneuvering during an aerial observation flight.

## Other reports on N4423R (3)

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

- [Incident 19890403014759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890403014759I), Apr 3, 1989: Cessna R182 (N4423R), Titusville, PA, Minor damage. Engine noise followed by oil pressure loss. Emergency landing ion field. Cause for failure under investigation.
- [Incident 19880426053039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880426053039I), Apr 26, 1988: Cessna R182 (N4423R), Malden, MO. After numerous tries left main gear extended. Landed safely. Left brake line and fitting was binding in wheel well.
- [Incident 19860325071349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860325071349I), Mar 25, 1986: Cessna R182 (N4423R), Lafayette, IN, Minor damage. Landed with broken nose wheel and flat tire after bouncing on two previous landing attempts.

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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