# Incident 20220903015679I: Cessna T182T, Kissimmee, FL, September 3, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2022, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94GW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94GW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 216 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220903015679I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED POMPANO BEACH AIRPORT (PMP) WITH 2 PASSENGERS,  PLANNED TO LAND AT KISSIMMEE (ISM) AIRPORT.  WHILE STARTING DECSENT INTO ISM ABOUT 6NM WEST/SOUTHWEST OF ISM, OVER A SWAMP AREA, ABOUT 2000'/125KNTS, HE ENCOUNTED A FLOCK OF LARGE BIRDS.  THE PILOT  ATTEMPTED TO AVOID THE FLOCK  BY INCREASING ALTITUDE TO ABOUT 3K FEET.  ONE BIRD STAYED BEHIND THE FLOCK AND HIT THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHEILD, BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD, DECAPITATING THE BIRD AND CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THE PILOT'S FOREHEAD.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT SAFETY AT ISM, RUNWAY 33.  THE PILOT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED STITCHES TO HIS FOREHEAD AND WAS RELEASED WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF SLIGHT CONCUSSION.  THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS BIOHAZARD TO THE INTERIOR AND A BROKEN WINDSHIELD.  I REPORTED TO FAA WILDLIFE MITIGATION VIA PHONE CALL, THEN EMAILED PICTURES AND COMPLETED THE ONLINE REPORT.  FAA WILDLIFE DID NOT NEED THE BIRD SENT TO THEM AND STATED THE AIRPORT MANAGER COULD DISPOSE OF THE BIRD REMAINS APPROPRIATELY.

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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