20190315001439I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Textron 172S · Daytona Beach, FL · March 15, 2019

Date
March 15, 2019 · 20:55 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Airport
Daytona Beach International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
NX4S
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N490ER
Reported as
Textron 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,090 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The following narrative was provided by the instructor pilot: "bird strike at ~1200 ft during climb out. Hit a flock of birds to the prop and nose wheel. Joined pattern for 7R and landed. No other abnormalities during the flight. No assistance was needed."

The following is a statement from the flight schools maintenance regarding post bird strike inspection: "cleaned nose landing gear section, bottom of aircraft and firewall. Inspected area of bird strike, no damage noted, no other defects noted."

As the FAA filed it

THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE WAS PROVIDED BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT: "BIRD STRIKE AT ~1200 FT DURING CLIMB OUT. HIT A FLOCK OF BIRDS TO THE PROP AND NOSE WHEEL. JOINED PATTERN FOR 7R AND LANDED. NO OTHER ABNORMALITIES DURING THE FLIGHT. NO ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED."

THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT FROM THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS MAINTENANCE REGARDING POST BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION: "CLEANED NOSE LANDING GEAR SECTION, BOTTOM OF AIRCRAFT AND FIREWALL. INSPECTED AREA OF BIRD STRIKE, NO DAMAGE NOTED, NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTED."