# Incident 20170418004439I: Cessna 172S, Brooksville, FL, April 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2017, 13:55 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N472SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N472SP) (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: 1,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170418004439I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD ON APPROACH INTO BKV AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE CLEANED THE BIRD'S REMAINS FROM THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AND INSPECTION REVEALED ONLY VERY MINOR COSMETIC DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N472SP (1)

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

- [Accident 20210721011339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210721011339A), Jul 21, 2021: Cessna 172S (N472SP), Brooksville, FL, Substantial damage. On July 21, 2021, at approximately 20:15 EST, N472SP, a Cessna C-172-S, s/n 172S8017, [privacy data omitted] contacted an aircraft hangar on the ramp while…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.