# Incident 20200419002689I: Cessna 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, April 19, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2020, 12:45 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IHMS
- 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: N118SV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N118SV) (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: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 910 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200419002689I

## Narrative

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

N118SV, C172, REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE ON THE RIGHT WING 3 NM SOUTH OF DAB. TWO LARGE BIRDS (VULTURES) APPEARED ABOVE THE WING.  MANEUVERED TO AVOID THE STRIKE BUT ONE BIRD DOVE INTO THE RIGHT WING TIP CREATING A DENT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IMMEDIATELY ON 25L AND WAS MET BY OPS/MAINTENANCE TRUCK ON THE GROUND. THEY TAXIED TO HANGAR WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED.

PIC FILLED OUT WILDLIFE STRIKE REPORT FAA FORM 5200-7 FAA 2020-04-20-121642 ONLINE WEBSITE.

PILOTS DOB: 10-01-1995

PILOTS HIGHEST RATING: FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR

PILOT TOTAL TIME: 910.3 HRS.

## Other reports on N118SV (1)

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

- [Accident 20120509009889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120509009889A), May 9, 2012: Cessna 172S (N118SV), Jonesboro, AR, Substantial damage. On may 9, 2012, at 0800 CDT it was discovered, a Cessna 172, N118SV, registered to N118SV LLC, made a hard landing at Jonesboro airport, Jonesboro, Arkansas,…

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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