# Incident 20180906019039I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Melbourne, FL, September 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2018, 19:00 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N473DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,070 total, 307 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180906019039I

## Narrative

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

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

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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