# Incident 20221018011159I: Cessna 172S, Sanford, FL, October 18, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2022, 13:53 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N528ND, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N528ND) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221018011159I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT A CESSNA 172, WAS ON BASE FINAL TO RUNWAY 27L AT KSFB AT 400 FEET WHEN THEY REPORTED A POSSIBLE BIRDSTRIKE TO THE ENGINE COWLING. ONCE LANDED MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE AND FOUND A SMALL NEGLIBLE DENT THAT POPPED OUT WITH USING A RUBBER MALLETT THEREFORE, NO DAMAGE IS BEING REPORTED. THIS DECISION PER THE CESSNA 172 STRUCTURAL REPAIR MANUAL 51-10-00 PARA 3.

THE BIRDSTRIKE INITIALLY REPORTED AS AN INCIDENT WITH DAMAGE AND TURNED OUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AND THIS REPORT WAS CREATED PREMATURELY AND IS BEING CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION OR REPORTING REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N528ND (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110729016609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110729016609I), Jul 29, 2011: Cessna 172S (N528ND), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. Student pilot was on final landing of 3 leg cross country flight and had conducted approx 8 landings at two other airports. Pilot landed with to much airspeed…

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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