# Accident 20211229021479A: Cessna 172, Berlin, NJ, December 29, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 2021, 17:15 local time
- Place: Berlin, NJ
- Airport: Camden County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7784° N, 74.9478° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7784&lon=-74.9478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6295E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6295E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,162 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211229021479A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 OF CAMDEN COUNTY AIRPORT (19N), AT ABOUT 50-80 FEET ALTITUDE, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF GEESE, STRIKING ONE WITH THE RIGHT WING.  PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT?S RIGHT WING RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE, AND BOTH THE FORWARD AND AFT SPARS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA102), Dec 29, 2021: Cessna 172 (N6295E), Berlin, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent in-flight collision with a goose while on approach.

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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