# Incident 20190412002709I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Brunswick, GA, April 12, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2019, 12:05 local time
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Airport: Brunswick Golden Isle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 31.1361° N, 81.4669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brunswick, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1361&lon=-81.4669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N489DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N489DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 152 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190412002709I

## Narrative

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

A CIRRUS SR-20, OPERATED BY L3 IN SANFORD REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE ON CLIMB OUT. THE CREW DEPARTING BRUNSWICK GA WAS ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT AND WHEN DEPARTING SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF ROLL ON CLIMB OUT STRUCK A BIRD. THEY STATED IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND RETURNED TO EVALUATE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE TRAVELED TO THE LOCATION AND FOUND MINOR DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRIKE AND LIMITED TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND NOT SIGNIFICANT AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. A FAA FORM 5200-7 HAS BEEN FILED AND SUBMITTED TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY THAT TRACKS WILDLIFE MISHAPS. THE AIRCRAFT HAS SINCE THEN HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N489DA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090911049829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090911049829I), Sep 11, 2009: Cirrus Desi SR20 (N489DA), Sanford, FL, Minor damage. During the landing flare, pilot allowed excessive airspeed loss resulting in a hard landing, bounce, and subsequent prop strike. Damage was limited to the…

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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