# Incident 20180920019169I: Cessna 172S, Spruce Creek, FL, September 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2018, 20:34 local time
- Place: Spruce Creek, FL
- Airport: Spruce Creek
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0802° N, 81.0466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRUCE CREEK (7FL6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0802&lon=-81.0466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60363, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60363) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180920019169I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/20/10 AT ABOUT 8:30 PM, ON CLIMB OUT FROM THE SPRUCE CREEK, FL AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SMALL BIRD. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SPRUCE CREEK AND NO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO AIRCRAFT.

PTRS: 201826448

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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