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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Melbourne, FL · September 6, 2018

Date
September 6, 2018 · 19:00 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Airport
Melbourne International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
CE8S
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N473DA
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360-ES
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,070 total307 in this make and model186 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

A Cirrus SR-20 operated by L3 commercial training solutions was on an instruction flight from Melbourne, FL. The crew reported that on takeoff and initializing control were preparing for hooded flights within this training segment and while ensuring proper frequency?s and after takeoff checklist requirements looked up and noticed what appeared to be a dove and hit the windscreen. There appeared to be no damage or indication malfunctions but returned to base for further examination. During this, it was determined that the aircraft sustained no damage and the aircraft was returned back to service. The requirement for this bird strike is documented containing required information and with no further action. Ptrs record id is 201825516

As the FAA filed it

A CIRRUS SR-20 OPERATED BY L3 COMMERCIAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS WAS ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT FROM MELBOURNE, FL. THE CREW REPORTED THAT ON TAKEOFF AND INITIALIZING CONTROL WERE PREPARING FOR HOODED FLIGHTS WITHIN THIS TRAINING SEGMENT AND WHILE ENSURING PROPER FREQUENCY?S AND AFTER TAKEOFF CHECKLIST REQUIREMENTS LOOKED UP AND NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A DOVE AND HIT THE WINDSCREEN. THERE APPEARED TO BE NO DAMAGE OR INDICATION MALFUNCTIONS BUT RETURNED TO BASE FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. DURING THIS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED BACK TO SERVICE. THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS BIRD STRIKE IS DOCUMENTED CONTAINING REQUIRED INFORMATION AND WITH NO FURTHER ACTION. PTRS RECORD ID IS 201825516