# Incident 20171129022199I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Sanford, FL, November 29, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2017, 16:45 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N612DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N612DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 667 total, 200 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171129022199I

## Narrative

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

A CIRRUS SR-20, AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY L3 COMMERCIAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS IN SANFORD, FL, REPORTED THAT; ON THEIR 2-MILE FINAL THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR TURNED INBOUND FOR 9C. THEY WERE INFORMED THERE WAS TRAFFIC ON THE NORTH PARALLEL. AND PERFORMED A VISUAL SCAN, FOR THE REPORTED TRAFFIC. THEY STATED THEY FELT THE AIRCRAFT SHAKE AND WITNESSED A BIRD PASSING OVER THE UPPER SIDE OF THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INBOUND, LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. A THOROUGH INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED WHERE THEY NOTICED A SMALL CRACK TO THE LEFT WING, THREE FEET INBOARD OF THE WING TIP ON THE LEADING EDGE. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE DAMAGE TO BE COSMETIC PER THE CIRRUS MAINTENANCE MANUALS. THE AREA WAS CLEANED AND REPAINTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. AN FAA FORM 5200-7 WAS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AS REQUIRED.

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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