# Incident 20170224001449I: Siai-Marchetti Srl S 211, Titusville, FL, February 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2017, 13:34 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N270CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N270CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Siai-Marchetti S 211 (registry code 8120419, https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-s-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SIAI-MARCHETTI SRL S 211
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,800 total, 135 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170224001449I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT WAS FROM TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA (TIX) TO TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA (TIX). THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH AT 3000 FEET INTO RUNWAY 36. THE AIRCRAFT WAS 3 MILES FROM  TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA (TIX) AIRPORT WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD THUD SOUND. THE PILOT REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE (TURKEY BUZZARD) TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS GIVEN PRIORITY LANDING AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE PICTURES SENT BY THE PILOT OF THE INCIDENT SHOW EVIDENCE OF A BIRD STRIKE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THERE WERE FEATHERS AT THE IMPACT SIGHT ON THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THERE IS A 7 INCH HOLE IN THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THE LEFT WING SPAR WAS NOT DAMAGED IN THE INCIDENT. THE WING SPAR IS LOCATED 12-14 INCHES IN FROM THE LEADING EDGE. THE PICTURES SENT SHOW THE WING SPAR LOCATION MAKING THIS AN INCIDENT WITH MINOR DAMAGE. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL 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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