# Incident 20210202002449I: Cessna 182R, Bay City, TX, February 2, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2021, 10:05 local time
- Place: Bay City, TX
- Airport: Bay City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9732° N, 95.8635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAY CITY RGNL (BYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9732&lon=-95.8635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2653, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2653) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,210 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210202002449I

## Narrative

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

TWO HOURS INTO THE ASSIGNED PIPELINE ROUTE, THE PIC AND HIS OBSERVER FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE VICINITY OF MULTIPLE FLOCKS OF BIRDS APPROXIMATELY 5NM FROM BAY CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KBYY). AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO AVOID THE UNIDENTIFIABLE AVIAN, A COLLISION OCCURRED BRAKING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFTS WINDSHIELD. THE PIC DIVERTED TO AIRPORT KBYY TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AN INSPECTION REVEALED A DENT TO THE LEFT OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND A CREASE TO THE LEFT UPPER FACE OF THE RUDDER WERE THE ONLY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NOTED.

AIRCRAFT TACH: 8143, HOBBS: 6067

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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