# Incident 20170609008179I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Midland, TX, June 9, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2017, 20:30 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N667SR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N667SR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170609008179I

## Narrative

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

JUNE 9, 2017, AT 2130 CDT, N667SR, 2007 CIRRUS, EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE WHILE IN ROUTE THROUGH SAN ANGELO (SJT) AIRSPACE.  PILOT DECLINED TO LAND AT SJT AND CONTINUED TO MIDLAND (MAF) AIRPORT. PILOTED REPORTED DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN STRUT FAIRING WHERE IT JOINS WITH WING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FAIRING AREA, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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