# Incident 20180927024019I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Lakeland, FL, September 27, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2018, 16:10 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Linder Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 27.9876° N, 82.0190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKELAND LINDER INTL (LAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9876&lon=-82.0190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N474DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N474DA) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 748 total, 127 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180927024019I

## Narrative

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

A CIRRUS SR-20 AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY L3 COMMERCIAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS WAS ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT ARRIVING INTO THE LAKELAND, LINDER AIRPORT (KLAL) WHEN ON APPROACH ABOUT A MILE OUT, A LARGE BIRD STRUCK THE PILOT SIDE INTAKE/COWLING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. BEFORE THE STRIKE HAPPENED, MULTIPLE BIRDS WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT DRAWING THE PUI?S ATTENTION THEREFORE, DID NOT SEE THE FINAL ONE THAT MADE CONTACT. THE PIC TOOK CONTROL AND ADVISED ATC THAT THEY STRUCK A BIRD, AND NEEDED TO DISCONTINUE FURTHER FLIGHT AND REQUESTED TO LAND BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY NEGATIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND ALL PARAMETERS WERE WITHIN NORMAL RANGES DURING FINAL AND LANDING. THE CREW REPORTED TO HOME BASE AND MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE TOP COWLING DUE TO MINOR DAMAGE AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO SERVICE. AN FAA FORM 5200-7 WAS SUBMITTED AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED.

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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