# Incident 20180919016359I: Cessna 210-5(205), Leesburg, VA, September 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2018, 14:02 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Airport: Leesburg Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0780° N, 77.5575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG EXEC (JYO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0780&lon=-77.5575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205CL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N205CL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5(205)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180919016359I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CRUISING AT 2,500 FEET AND 130 KTS, A BIRD STRUCK THE LEFT WING AT THE PLEXIGLASS LENSE OF THE LAND/TAXI LIGHTS.

THE PLEXIGLASS WAS SHATTERED, AND ONE OF THE TWO LED LIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAD DISLODGED FROM ITS MOUNT.

ATC WAS INFORMED AND FLIGHT CONTINUED TO LAND AT KJYO WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUES.

AN A&P/IA COMPLETED REPAIRS AND PROVIDED A PHOTO OF THE LOGBOOK STICKER THAT  DESCRIBED THE REPAIR AS FOLLOWS:  FOUND THREE PULLED RIVETS ON THE LOWER HOUSING THAT MATES THE LENSE HOUSING BRACKET TO THE TAXI/LANDING LIGHT SUPPORT, AND ONE SMALL 1/2 INCH CRACK ON THE TAXI LIGHT SUPPORT HOUSING ON THE INBOARD SIDE.  CRACK WAS FOUND TO BE NON-STRUCTURAL, AND STOP-DRILLED.  DRILLED OUT APPLICABLE RIVETS AND INSTALLED NEW RIVETS.  ALL WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN REFERENCE TO AC43.13-1B CHAPTER 4.

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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