20230106000349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 TC · Boca Raton, FL · January 6, 2023

Date: January 6, 2023 · 10:30 local
Place: Boca Raton, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N208TV
Reported as: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 TC
Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total

N208TVRegistered now · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 TCS/N 084 · Built 2014 Airframe modelCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 TC Engine modelRotax 914UL4 cycle

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.

Atqa number: A-SO-19-23-079

Registration: privacy data omitted

Sas activity id: SO19202303051

Make: 2014 Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna

Model: P2008 tc

Serial number: 084

At 1 km final to runway 05 at bct, and 300-400 ft MSL, 3 birds were above and to the left of the flight path about 50 yards. Lost sight of the birds over the wing. 1 bird was headed straight toward the windshield. To avoid inpact the pilot put the aircraft nose up, and the bird impacted at the spinner and prop. Immediate virbration followed and aircraft power was reduced to idle. Pilot advised bct control tower of a bird strike, a no flap and uneventful landing occurred. Aircraft was taxied to hanger and shutdown.

As the FAA filed it

ATQA NUMBER: A-SO-19-23-079

REGISTRATION: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

SAS ACTIVITY ID: SO19202303051

MAKE: 2014 COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA

MODEL: P2008 TC

SERIAL NUMBER: 084

AT 1 KM FINAL TO RUNWAY 05 AT BCT, AND 300-400 FT MSL, 3 BIRDS WERE ABOVE AND TO THE LEFT OF THE FLIGHT PATH ABOUT 50 YARDS. LOST SIGHT OF THE BIRDS OVER THE WING. 1 BIRD WAS HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD. TO AVOID INPACT THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE UP, AND THE BIRD IMPACTED AT THE SPINNER AND PROP. IMMEDIATE VIRBRATION FOLLOWED AND AIRCRAFT POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE. PILOT ADVISED BCT CONTROL TOWER OF A BIRD STRIKE, A NO FLAP AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING OCCURRED. AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO HANGER AND SHUTDOWN.