20180125001179I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Fort Smith, AR · January 25, 2018

Date: January 25, 2018 · 15:00 local
Place: Fort Smith, AR
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N21535
Reported as: Cessna 172M
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,000 total11,200 in this make and model48 in the last 90 days

N21535Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17263965 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On January 25, 2018 at approximately 15:00 CST, N21535 a Cessna 172M aircraft, registered to privacy data omitted operated by a commercial pilot sustained a bird strike to the top of left wing while on approach to runway 19 at Fort Smith, AR airport (fsm). On approach to the airport two large birds were observed by the pilot, one bird veered to right clear of the aircraft and the other continued on an intersecting course to the aircraft, upon recognition of the aircraft the second bird made an evasive maneuver. The pilot at that time also made an evasive maneuver dipping the left wing, the bird impacted the top of left wing with a glancing blow. The aircraft made a successful landing at Fort Smith (fsm), post flight inspection revealed no indication of impact to the top of wing. At the time of incident there were no bird alerts from ATC. The two occupants of the aircraft were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 25, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 CST, N21535 A CESSNA 172M AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE TOP OF LEFT WING WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19 AT FORT SMITH, AR AIRPORT (FSM). ON APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT TWO LARGE BIRDS WERE OBSERVED BY THE PILOT, ONE BIRD VEERED TO RIGHT CLEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE OTHER CONTINUED ON AN INTERSECTING COURSE TO THE AIRCRAFT, UPON RECOGNITION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE SECOND BIRD MADE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER. THE PILOT AT THAT TIME ALSO MADE AN EVASIVE MANEUVER DIPPING THE LEFT WING, THE BIRD IMPACTED THE TOP OF LEFT WING WITH A GLANCING BLOW. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING AT FORT SMITH (FSM), POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED NO INDICATION OF IMPACT TO THE TOP OF WING. AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT THERE WERE NO BIRD ALERTS FROM ATC. THE TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT INJURED.