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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cirrus Design SR22 · Saint Augustine, FL · November 6, 2018

Date: November 6, 2018 · 17:56 local
Place: Saint Augustine, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N811DA
Reported as: Cirrus Design SR22
Reported engine: Continental IO-550-N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total1,400 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N811DARegistered now · Cirrus Design SR22S/N 3008 · Built 2008 Airframe modelCirrus Design SR22 Engine modelContinental IO-550-NReciprocating

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What happened

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N811DA, SR22, clt-sgj, reported striking 5-6 small birds on final runway 13. Aircraft landed without incident. Damage: none. 11/06/2018 2256Z

On 11-14-18 contacted the individual who was piloting the aircraft on the day of the bird strike. He explained that he was on approach to land at the st. Augustine airport and was over the runway 13 when he entered a flare a small group of five or six sparrow sized birds flew diagonally through the propeller. The pilot landed without incident. He contacted the tower to make them aware of the birds on the runway and inspected the aircraft. The pilot stated that there was no evidence of any bird strike or damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

N811DA, SR22, CLT-SGJ, REPORTED STRIKING 5-6 SMALL BIRDS ON FINAL RUNWAY 13. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DAMAGE: NONE. 11/06/2018 2256Z

ON 11-14-18 CONTACTED THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE DAY OF THE BIRD STRIKE. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND AT THE ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT AND WAS OVER THE RUNWAY 13 WHEN HE ENTERED A FLARE A SMALL GROUP OF FIVE OR SIX SPARROW SIZED BIRDS FLEW DIAGONALLY THROUGH THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE CONTACTED THE TOWER TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE BIRDS ON THE RUNWAY AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY BIRD STRIKE OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.