# Incident 20181217022179I: Cessna 172S, Sanford, FL, December 17, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2018, 15:15 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: N563ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N563ND) (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, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 509 total, 70 in this make and model, 202 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181217022179I

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 172S, OPERATED BY L3 COMMERCIAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS IN SANFORD REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 27R. DURING APPROACH, THE CREW NOTICED BIRDS CIRCLING TO RIGHT AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE THEIR ALTITUDE AND STATED THAT INITIAL THEY APPEARED TO BE FLYING AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT, BUT THEN STARTED TO BANK TOWARDS THEM AND IN THEIR FLIGHT PATH. THE PIC, TOOK CONTROL FROM THE STUDENT AND ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE STRIKE HOWEVER, THE BIRD CONTINUE TO DIVE AT THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK THE LEFT COWLING AND WING ROOT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE TO THE WING ROOT AREA PER C172S MAINTENANCE MANUAL 57-10-00 WITH NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. AN FAA FORM 5200-7 HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AS REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N563ND (1)

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

- [Incident 20180812010999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180812010999I), Aug 12, 2018: Cessna 172S (N563ND), Sanford, FL, No damage. On 8/12/18 CONN335 (N563ND), C172, aborted takeoff runway 27L due to a bird strike. Aircraft taxied to the ramp. Damage: none. Verified with maintenance…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.