# Incident 20190304000869I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 42 NG, Sanford, FL, March 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2019, 14:45 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251JU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251JU-2022-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 NG (registry code 2990105, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4 series (registry code 06400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH DA 42 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,436 total, 100 in this make and model, 339 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190304000869I

## Narrative

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

A DIAMOND DA-42 WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27R, INTO SANFORD AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET ON COURSE AND INBOUND NOTICED A FLOCK OF BIRDS CIRCLING IN FRONT AND ABOVE THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING WHEN TWO BIRDS DOVE NEAR THE AIRCRAFT AND STRIKING THE OUTBOARD LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE WAS CONTACTED AND MET THE AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE THE DAMAGE IF ANY AND DESCRIBED THE IMPACT AS A SMALL CHIP ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE WING AND IS BEING EVALUATED FOR FURTHER THAN NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE. FURTHER REPORTS INDICATE THE CHIP WAS EXISTING THEREFORE CONSIDERED NO DAMAGE. THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO ALL PARTIES TO INCLUDE THE TOWER AFTER IT HAPPENED. AN FAA FORM 5200-7 HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY FOR FILING.

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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