# Incident 20200103003199I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 42 NG, Sanford, FL, January 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2020, 17:00 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N481MR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N481MR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 NG (registry code 2990105, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4 series (registry code 06400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH DA 42 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200103003199I

## Narrative

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

A DIAMOND DA-42 AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY L3 HARRIS IN SANFORD WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH TWO ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT OF NORMAL REGIMES HAD FINISHED THE INSTRUCTION FLIGHT AND WAS ON APPROACH TO 27R. THE STUDENT IN CONTROL WAS VECTORED DURING A TURN AND ROLLED OUT AS INSTRUCTED AND PERFORMED A RE-CHECK FOR APPROACH. THE PIC LOOKED TO LEFT AND NOTICED A FLOCK OF BIRDS NOW CROSSING THE AIRCRAFT PATH AND ELECTED TO TAKE CONTROL AND BANKED TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID IMPACT BUT A BIRD CHANGED DIRECTION, AND STRUCK THE NOSE CONE, FOLLOWED BY THE BIRD HITTING THE WINDSCREEN. IT WAS STATED INITIALLY THE PROP WAS AFFECTED HOWEVER THIS COULD NOT BE SUBSTANTIATED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, AND UNDERWENT THROUGH A THOROUGH INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE IS CURRENTLY REPAIRING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE, NO FURTHER DAMAGE ASSESSED. THE INCIDENT WAS UNAVOIDABLE EVEN WITH PRECAUTIONARY MANEUVERS PERFORMED. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AND THE DAMAGE MINOR, A REPORT MADE AND NO ACTION REQUIRED WITH THE CREW.

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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