# Incident 20181106021559I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Saint Augustine, FL, November 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2018, 17:56 local time
- Place: Saint Augustine, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N811DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181106021559I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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