# Accident 20170922024379A: Cessna 172S, Chino, CA, September 22, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2017, 09:59 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9700° N, 117.6197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9700&lon=-117.6197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA573](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA573) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170922024379A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE INBOUND FOR LANDING TURNING BASE FOR RUNWAY 26L WHEN A LARGE BIRD HIT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING OF THE CESSNA 172S AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AT CHINO. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THERE WAS LITTLE EFFECT TO THE AERODYNAMICS OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT CALLED THE TOWER UPON LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA573](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA573), Sep 22, 2017: Cessna 172 (N520KS), Chino, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird while on downwind.

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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