# Incident 20161112018429I: Cessna 172S, Sarasota, FL, November 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2016, 13:44 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: X5QS
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N393SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N393SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 815 total, 491 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161112018429I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND COMMERCIAL STUDENT DEPARTED RUNWAY 22 FOR PATTERN WORK AND TOUCH AND GOES, TURNED LEFT BASE, SPOTTED BIRDS AND ATTEMPTED TO DESCEND BELOW BIRDS, BIRD DESCENDED WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK RIGHT WING.

PILOT WAS FORCED TO GO AROUND DUE TO TRAFFIC ON RUNWAY BUT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND TAXIED TO RAMP.

INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO FIBERGLASS WING TIP CAP AND CLOSEOUT RIB ON END OF WING. LEADING EDGE IS CRUSHED APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES IN LENGTH AND ONE INCH IN DEPTH.

DAMAGE IS CONSIDERED MINOR DUE TO ACCESSABILITY OF REPAIR AREA.

AIRCRAFT IS IN ANNUAL AND 100 HOUR INSPECTION.

TACH TIME 2327

NO FURTHER ACTION

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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