# Incident 20170527021419I: Cessna 172R, Sugar Land, TX, May 27, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2017, 10:50 local time
- Place: Sugar Land, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6197° N, 95.6349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sugar Land, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6197&lon=-95.6349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N928MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N928MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 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/20170527021419I

## Narrative

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

ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 17, AT THE SUGAR LAND, TX AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A BUZZARD AT APPROXIMATELY 200 AGL.

THE BIRD STRUCK THE LEFT WING, JUST IN FRONT OF WHERE THE WING STRUT CONNECTS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WING.

THE PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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