# Incident 20190320001729I: Cessna 172S, Sanford, FL, March 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2019, 20:19 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Sanford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 547 total, 145 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190320001729I

## Narrative

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

N525ND DEPARTED KSFB RUNWAY 09L, TURNED TO NORTH HEADING AND WAS CLEARED TO MAINTAIN VFR AT OR BELOW 2000. BIRD STRIKE OCCURED AT APPROXIMATLY 1500FT. RETURNED TO KSFB.

BIRD STRIKE REPORT FILED #2019-3-21-100939

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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