# Incident 20231211017659I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, San Antonio, TX, December 11, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2023, 13:50 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Stinson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3370° N, 98.4710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STINSON MUNI (SSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3370&lon=-98.4710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N276Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N276Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231211017659I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 11, 2023, AT 1350 MST, A PIPER PA-28-181, STRUCK A BIRD ON ITS LEFT WING AS IT DESCENDED THROUGH 200 FEET ON 1/2 MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 14 AT STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KSSF) AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KSAF) AND COMPLETED ONE TOUCH-AND-GO AT KSSF PRIOR TO THE BIRD STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND THE STUDENT PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

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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