# Incident 20230302004419I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, Wheeling, WV, March 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2023, 08:00 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling Ohio County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1750° N, 80.6463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEELING OHIO COUNTY (HLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1750&lon=-80.6463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N648CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N648CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230302004419I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON DECENT TO SHORT FINAL APPRAOCH TO HLG, RUNWAY  ___ WHE HE ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE TO THE RT WING, LEADING EDGE. PILOT CONTINUED APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RT LEADING EDGE AT THE AOA WARNING TAB, INBD, APPROXIMATELY 24" IN WIDTH. DAMAGE COVERS THREE NOSE RIBS AND THE INBD LEADING EDGE.

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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