# Accident 20240813010949A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Sanford, FL, August 13, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2024, 12:47 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford Int'L
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N689LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N689LH) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240813010949A

## Narrative

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

8/13/2024: ACCIDENT/INCIDENT INVESTIGATION OF A BIRD STRIKE ON APPROACH TO LANDING. REG NR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER PA-28-180 AIRCRAFT, FLOWN BY SOLO STUDENT PILOT, AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A 141-FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRCRAFT AT KSFB (SANFORD, FL) AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING (MID-WING), NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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