# Incident 20190103007259I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, January 3, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2019, 15:04 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach Int'L
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NX4S
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N442ER) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,024 total, 923 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190103007259I

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY EMBRY RIDDLE, IN DAYTONA WAS ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT AND IN THE PATTERN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25L. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA ALSO WAS ADVISED OF BIRDS IN THE AREA THEREFORE THE CREW PERFORMED A GO AROUND AND ON FINAL SPOTTED A BIRD CLIMBING TOWARDS THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE. THE CREW MANEUVERED RIGHT AND PRIOR TO ANY ADDITIONAL ACTION THE BIRD STRUCK THE RIGHT WING JUST OUTBOARD OF THE WING LIFT STRUT ATTACH POINT OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED STATION 100 TO 85.875-RIB AND SKIN ASSEMBLY. ALL WORK WAS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH M.M. 33-00 AND SRM 57-10-00. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS IDENTIFIED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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