# Incident 20240815009669I: Cessna 172S, Lynchburg, VA, August 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2024, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: L48S
- Location: 37.4138° N, 79.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-79.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N701LU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N701LU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 818 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240815009669I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 141 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  PIC WAS ON AN RNAV APPROACH AT W24 (FALWELL AIRPORT) IN VFR CONDITIONS.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED AN BIRD STRIKE TO ITS COWLING.   PIC DIVERTED TO LYNCHBURG REGIONAL AIRPORT (KLYH) AND LANDED SAFELY.  FAA CERTIFIED MECHANICS REPAIRED DENTS IN THE COWLING, REPLACED COWLING FASTENERS, INDUCTION FILTER, AND BROKEN RIVETS.  AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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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