# Incident 20160806017489I: Piper PA-44-180, Sanford, FL, August 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2016, 18:23 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando/Sanford
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N290ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N290ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,328 total, 489 in this make and model, 266 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160806017489I

## Narrative

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

A PIPER PA-44 AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY AEROSIM ACADEMY, REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE AFTER JOINING THE DOWNWIND PATTERN FOR 27R. AT APPROXIMATELY 1000? FEET, A BIRD STRUCK THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE REMAINS BOUNCED AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND, THE CREW NOTIFIED THE SANFORD TOWER WITH THEIR INTENTIONS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. A THOROUGH INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO THE CREW. AN FAA FORM 5200-7 IS BEING COMPLETED.

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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