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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · New Bedford, MA · March 8, 2024

Date
March 8, 2024 · 18:40 local
Place
New Bedford, MA
Airport
New Bedford Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
LY8S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N223BW
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
854 total

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.

On short final bird strike occurred with no effect on flight operation. Aircraft landed and taxied to the ramp. Bird not recovered. Damage found on left flap outboard rib cap buckled and small crack. Aircraft flap skin not damaged.

As the FAA filed it

ON SHORT FINAL BIRD STRIKE OCCURRED WITH NO EFFECT ON FLIGHT OPERATION. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. BIRD NOT RECOVERED. DAMAGE FOUND ON LEFT FLAP OUTBOARD RIB CAP BUCKLED AND SMALL CRACK. AIRCRAFT FLAP SKIN NOT DAMAGED.