# Incident 20160823018189I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Sanford, FL, August 23, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2016, 22:10 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando/Sanford
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- 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: N482DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N482DA-2019-12-16) (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, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 50 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160823018189I

## Narrative

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

A CIRRUS SR20-G2 AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY AEROSIM ACADEMY REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE NOSE GEAR DURING LANDING. THE CREW OPERATING IN GROUND EFFECT STATED THEY SAW A SHADOW AS IT FLEW BY AND, COULDN?T IDENTIFY THE OBJECT AS, THEY FELT NO IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, RETURNED TO THE RAMP AND IDENTIFIED A BIRD STUCK UNDER THE NOSE STRUT/GEAR AREA. FURTHER INSPECTION DEEMED NO DAMAGE TO THE CARRIAGE OR GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. AN FAA FORM 5200-7 IS BEING COMPLETED

## Other reports on N482DA (1)

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

- [Accident 20180725017951A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180725017951A), Jul 25, 2018: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N482DA), Sanford, FL, Substantial damage. On July 25, 2018 the instructor returned from the north practice area to Sanford (ksfb) for landing practice with two student pilots with their private pilot…

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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