# Incident 20171211023709I: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB, Daytona Beach, FL, December 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2017, 14:17 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- Location: 29.2108° N, 81.0228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daytona Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2108&lon=-81.0228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N987A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 8KCAB (registry code 2121000, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-8kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CHAMPION AIRCRAFT 8KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 27 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171211023709I

## Narrative

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

N987A, BL8, REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE ON DEPARTURE ROLL. AIRCRAFT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP. DAMAGE: NOT REPORTED. 12/11 1917Z. VERIFIED WITH MAINTENANCE RECORDS THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE TO AIRCRAFT DUE TO BIRD STRIKE.

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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