# Incident 20160810017469I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Sanford, FL, August 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2016, 10:50 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- 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: 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
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,389 total, 43 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160810017469I

## Narrative

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

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 OUT OF HIS RIGHT PERIPHERAL VISION AND SIMULTANEOUSLY FELT A THUMP. THE AIRCRAFT AT THIS TIME WAS ALREADY SWITCHED TO DEPARTURE AND THE CREW REQUESTED A TURN BACK FOR PRECAUTIONARY REASONS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED TO ASSESS ANY DAMAGE. IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR WHEREAS, EXISTING BIRD DEBRIS WAS PRESENT. A THOROUGH INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. AN FAA FORM 5200-7 IS BEING COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N477DA (1)

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

- [Incident 20150403002999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150403002999I), Apr 3, 2015: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N477DA), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. 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.…

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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