# Incident 20221118018859I: Cessna 172S, Leesburg, FL, November 18, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2022, 12:20 local time
- Place: Leesburg, FL
- Airport: Leesburg International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8229° N, 81.8084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEESBURG INTL (LEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8229&lon=-81.8084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1735X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1735X) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 601 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221118018859I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 18, 2022, A CESSNA 172, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN SANFORD, FL WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT NEAR THE LEESBURG AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT ON APPROACH INTO (KLEE), WAS STRUCK BY A RED TAIL HAWK PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT LEADING-EDGE WING. THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE LANDING HAD NO IRREGULAR FLIGHT CHARACTERISTCS AND LANDED, TAXIED AND SHUTDOWN TO EVALUATE THE DAMAGE. IT WAS REPORTED AS A SIGNIFICANT DENT TO THE LEADING EDGE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE DAMAGE AND DEEMED IT REPAIRABLE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT WING INBOARD LEADING EDGE SKIN PANEL WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE NOTED. IN ADDITION, THE FIFTH FROM FUSELAGE RIB WAS REPLACED, AGAIN WITH NO ADDITONAL DAMAGE AND NO SPAR DAMGE WAS IDENTIFIED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE AND BASE. ALL REQUIRED PAPERWORK WAS SUBMITTED AND FILED AS NECESSARY.

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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