# Incident 20180223003059I: Cessna 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, February 23, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2018, 21:30 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NX4S
- 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: N458ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 405 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180223003059I

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN HIT A BIRD ON RIGHT WING NEAR CIRSA WAYPOINT. AIRMAN NOTICED A QUICK REFLECTION FROM LANDING LIGHT AND THEN HEARD A THUD. IP INSPECTED WING BY FLASHING LIGHT ON TO LEADING EDGE DID NOT NOTICE ANY DAMAGE ON TO LEADING EDGE THAT WAS VISIBLE FROM COCKPIT. STUDENT DID NOT NOTICE ANY CONTROL DIFFICULTIES OR NON STANDARD BEHAVIOR WITH AIRCRAFT. IP NOTIFIED ATC ROUGHLY 10 MINS AFTER STRIKE OF THE POSSIBLE 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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