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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Textron 172S · Prescott, AZ · August 19, 2023

Date
August 19, 2023 · 13:05 local
Place
Prescott, AZ
Airport
Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
BF8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N673ER
Reported as
Textron 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
3,516 total3,076 in this make and model223 in the last 90 days

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.

The airman was conducting pattern work at Prescott airport when a bird strike occurred. The bird hit the leading edge of the right wing. The impact created a small dent in the wing about six inches wide. The airman notified tower and landed immediaelty without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN WAS CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK AT PRESCOTT AIRPORT WHEN A BIRD STRIKE OCCURRED. THE BIRD HIT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. THE IMPACT CREATED A SMALL DENT IN THE WING ABOUT SIX INCHES WIDE. THE AIRMAN NOTIFIED TOWER AND LANDED IMMEDIAELTY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.