# Incident 20180410003439I: Cessna 172E, Sarasota, FL, April 10, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2018, 11:48 local time
- Place: Sarasota, FL
- Airport: Sarasota/Bradenton International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3954° N, 82.5544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (SRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3954&lon=-82.5544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3707S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3707S-2024-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,830 total, 4,370 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180410003439I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 10, 2018, AT 11:48 EST (15:48 Z), A CESSNA 172E, N3707S, REGISTERED TO GULFSTREAM BOATS, INC. ENCOUNTERED A GROUP OF BLACKBIRDS (CROWS) FLYING FROM WEST TO EAST DIVING DOWN PAST THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14 AT SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SRQ-SARASOTA, FL) WHILE ON A CORPORATE FLIGHT. THE PILOT HEARD A LIGHT BUMP AND REPORTED TO THE TOWER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE AND ALL OCCUPANTS (ATP PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER) WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES EARLIER.

## Other reports on N3707S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770317004899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770317004899A), Mar 17, 1977: Cessna 172E (N3707S), Compton, CA, Substantial damage

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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