# Incident 20230106000349I: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 TC, Boca Raton, FL, January 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2023, 10:30 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3708° N, 80.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boca Raton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3708&lon=-80.1026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208TV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208TV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 TC (registry code 06001AK, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2008-tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 914UL (registry code 55553, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-914ul) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2008 TC
- Reported engine: ROTAX 914UL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230106000349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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