# Incident 20190709009709I: Cessna 172S, Oshkosh, WI, July 9, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2019, 12:47 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Whittman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 4FVS
- Location: 44.0232° N, 88.5623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oshkosh, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0232&lon=-88.5623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53289, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53289) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,056 total, 937 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190709009709I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 9, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:47 LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT N53289 A CESSNA 172 ON A PART 141 FLIGHT WITH THE PILOT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT LANDED AT WHITTMAN REGIONAL, OSHKOSH WI (OSH). THE PILOT STATED, THEY WERE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 09, AND WHILE ON ABOUT A ¼ MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 09 (APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL) WE HAD A HAWK STRIKE THE LEFT FLAP. THE AIRPLANE WAS CONFIGURED FOR LANDING (30 - DEGREES OF FLAPS) AND OUR INDICATED AIRSPEED WAS ROUGHLY 80 KNOTS. THE HAWK APPEARED TO BE COMING RIGHT AT US, AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID IT WE INITIATED A SLIGHT RIGHT BANK, AND THE HAWK HIT THE LEFT FLAP. I TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND ADVISED TOWER THAT WE HAD HIT A BIRD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

## Other reports on N53289 (1)

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

- [Incident 20240926012369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240926012369I), Sep 26, 2024: Cessna 172S (N53289), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. Bird strike on runway 18 between the touchdown zone and A2. A group of 3 sandhill cranes were on the left side of the runway during landing rollout. The cranes…

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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