20220404004259I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 172S · Daytona Beach, FL · April 4, 2022

Date
April 4, 2022 · 12:00 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
ERAU
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N496ER
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
948 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

We were on the way back into the dab charlie in level flight at 2000 feet on

The rose arrival. I saw a flock of black birds just above the aircraft right

In front diving onto us. The birds were about 50 ft in front of us near the

Top of the wind screen moving from right to left in my field of vision. I

Took the flight controls from the student and did an immediate left turn

As the FAA filed it

WE WERE ON THE WAY BACK INTO THE DAB CHARLIE IN LEVEL FLIGHT AT 2000 FEET ON

THE ROSE ARRIVAL. I SAW A FLOCK OF BLACK BIRDS JUST ABOVE THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT

IN FRONT DIVING ONTO US. THE BIRDS WERE ABOUT 50 FT IN FRONT OF US NEAR THE

TOP OF THE WIND SCREEN MOVING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT IN MY FIELD OF VISION. I

TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS FROM THE STUDENT AND DID AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN