# Incident 20190320001719I: Cessna 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, March 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2019, 10:03 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: No 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: N461ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,283 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190320001719I

## Narrative

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

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE: ?? ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 7L AT DAB, DAYTONA TOWER ADVISED OF INCREASED BIRD ACTIVITY. JUST WEST OF I-95. THERE WERE MULTIPLE BIRDS CIRCLING TO THE SOUTH OF THE FINAL APPROACH. AFTER PASSING I-95 AND JUST PRIOR TO THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 7L, THE BIRD ACTIVITY INCREASED. THERE WAS A "WALL" OF BIRDS ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, EXTENDING ALL THE WAY UP TO ROUGHLY 200-300 FEET, POSSIBLY HIGHER?I ESTIMATE THERE WERE MORE THAN 200 BIRDS. BY THE TIME (WE) NOTICED THE BIRDS, IT WAS TOO LATE TO GO AROUND AND CLIMB, AS (WE) WOULD'VE HIT BIRDS ON THE CLIMB OUT. GOING BELOW, OR TO THE SIDE WAS ALSO NOT A WISE OPTION. (I) TOLD THE STUDENT TO JUST KEEP FLYING THE APPROACH AS NORMAL. JUST PRIOR TO PASSING THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 7L, I OBSERVED A BIRD HIT THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE OF THE PLANE. ONCE PARKED, I EXAMINED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOR DAMAGE, AND NONE WAS NOTED.?

THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL?S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT REGARDING POST BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION: ?INSPECTED RMG FOR DAMAGE FROM BIRD STRIKE. NO DAMAGE FOUND DURING INSPECTION. AIRCRAFT 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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