# Incident 20241024018979I: Cessna 172S, Provo, UT, October 24, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2024, 12:10 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.2338° N, 111.6585° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Provo, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2338&lon=-111.6585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415RJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415RJ) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 583 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241024018979I

## Narrative

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

ON SHORT FINAL A CESSNA 172 HIT A BIRD WITH THE RIGHT WING. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS DOING PATTERN WORK WITH A STUDENT. IT OCCURRED AROUND 200 AGL. AFTER THE BIRD STRUCK THE WING THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS AND LANDED THE PLANE. THE BIRD DENTED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY TAXIED THE PLANE BACK TO THE FIGHT SCHOOL’S MAINTENANCE HANGAR.

## Other reports on N415RJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20121207026319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121207026319I), Dec 7, 2012: Cessna 172S (N415RJ), Englewood, CO, Minor damage. While on approach to runway 28 at apa aircraft encountered a bird strike breaking the aircraft windscreen. Both the instructor pilot and student pilot received…

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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