# Incident 20210205022519I: Cessna 172M, Dallas, TX, February 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2021, 03:07 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OPYJ
- Location: 32.6813° N, 96.8688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS EXEC (RBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6813&lon=-96.8688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21769, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21769) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210205022519I

## Narrative

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

N21769 DEPARTED RBD AND WAS FLYING SOUTHEAST BOUND APPX 2 MILES SOUTH OF DAL ON STANDARD SIGHTSEEING TOUR. PILOT REPORTED BIRD STRIKE ON LEFT SIDE TO DAL ATCT. PILOT. RETURNED RBD. PILOT CALLED DAL ATCT TO CONFIRM SAFE LANDING, NO INJURIES. PILOT REPORTED APPX 2 INCH DENT IN LEFT WING. CHECKED WITH AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR, AND CONFIRMED THAT A WILDLIFE ENCOUNTER REPORT HAD BEEN FILED. VERIFIED WITH MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT THAT THE REPAIR CONSISTED OF RE-CONTOURING THE AIRCRAFT LEADING EDGE, AND THAT NO INTERNAL DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

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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