# Incident 20241118019539I: Textron Aviation Inc 172S, New Smyrna Beac, FL, November 18, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2024, 18:35 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Airport: New Smyrna Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: EPXS
- Location: 29.0557° N, 80.9488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW SMYRNA BEACH MUNI (JACK BOLT FLD) (EVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0557&lon=-80.9488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N419EP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N419EP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 172S (registry code 2072449, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241118019539I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS INBOUND AT 800 FEET MSL AND LINED UP FOR RUNWAY 7 FOR LANDING WHILE ON A LEFT CROSSWIND TURNING DOWNWIND ABEAM THE TOWER STATED HE SAW TWO BIRDS AND AVOIDED ONE HOWEVER COULD NOT AVOID THE OTHER IN SIGHT. THE BIRD STRIKING THE COWLING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PROPELLER WITH NO APPARENT STRIKE TO THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION MAINTENANCE STATED THE DAMAGE WAS NEGLIGBLE AND ISOLATED TO ONLY THE COWLING AND NEEDED A MINOR REPAIR TO THE NOSE BOWL AND NOTHING FURTHER. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.

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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