# Incident 20190315001439I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, March 15, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2019, 20:55 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- 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: N490ER, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N490ER) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,090 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190315001439I

## Narrative

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

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."

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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