# Incident 20181011019739I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Sanford, FL, October 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2018, 18:20 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N491DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N491DA) (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: 389 total, 203 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181011019739I

## Narrative

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

A CIRRUS OPERATED BY L3 COMMERCIAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS IN SANFORD, FL WAS RETURNING FROM AN IFR FLIGHT TO SANFORD (KSFB). THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE LANDING NEAR DUSK WHEREAS THE SUN WAS CAUSING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF GLARE ON THE GLARE SHIELD DURING APPROACH. THEY WERE AWARE OF THE HEIGHTENED BIRD ACTIVITY IN THE AREA, DURING FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN THEY EXPERIENCED A SMALL IMPACT HOWEVER COULD NOT DETERMINE WHERE, AND IF ANY DAMAGE OCCURRED. ALL PROCEDURES FOR THE EVENT WAS REPORTED. THE PIC STATED THAT ONCE CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY, THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE VISIBLE REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH A BIRD STRIKE TO THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE RAMP AND WAS INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND NO DAMAGE TO THE WING OR SURROUNDING AREA.

## Other reports on N491DA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150404003719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150404003719I), Apr 4, 2015: Cirrus Design Corp SR20 (N491DA), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. On April 4 2014 around 6 pm local time the aircraft took off from orlando executive airport (orl) on the way to craig airport (crg) shortly after takeoff and…

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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