# Incident 20160826014119I: Cessna 172M, Columbia, SC, August 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2016, 19:45 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Jim Hamilton L. B. Owens
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9705° N, 80.9952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JIM HAMILTON L B OWENS (CUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9705&lon=-80.9952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5400H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5400H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,520 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160826014119I

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1945 LOCAL TIME, N5400H WAS FLYING AT 3500 MSL APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF KCUB AIRPORT.  A BUZZARD STRUCK THE TOP, LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD, SHATTERING IT AND CAUSING OTHER MINOR DAMAGES.

THE PILOT IN COMMAND CALLED COLUMBIA APPROACH AND TOLD THEM THAT HE HAD AN EMERGENCY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN VECTORED TO KCUB. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KCUB WITHOUT INCIDENT.

BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD CUT PILOT?S ARM AND THERE WERE BUZZARD GUTS AND BLOOD ALL OVER THE PILOT, HE DID GO TO AN URGENT CARE FACILITY.  THE PILOT?S CUT WAS CLEANED AND HE WAS PUT ON ANTIBIOTICS.  HIS LEFT EYE ALSO HAD A SCRATCH ON IT WHICH HE RECEIVED EYE DROPS FOR THAT.

THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE CERTIFIED REPAIR STATION ON KCUB FIELD.

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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