# Incident 20241124018039I: Cessna 172S, Renton, WA, November 24, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2024, 12:35 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2711R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2711R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,537 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241124018039I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT PILOT TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 (PST). ON FIRST PATTERN DURING FINAL APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AGL, AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO A FLOCK OF BIRDS. ONE BIRD GLANCED OFF THE WINDSCREEN IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT SEAT.  A DIFFERENT BIRD HIT THE RIGHT WING, WHICH MADE A CONSIDERABLY LARGER NOISE. THEY WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 65 KIAS. THEY  MADE A NORMAL LANDING, AFTER WHICH THEY TOLD RENTON TOWER THAT THEY HAD A BIRD STRIKE AND HAD TO MAKE THIS A FULL STOP.

THEY THEN TAXIED TO BEFA, AND SHUT DOWN. DURING POST FLIGHT, THEY DISCOVERED A DENT IN THE RIGHT WING THATWAS CAUSED BY ATHE BIRD. THE BIRD THAT HIT THE WINDSCREEN DIDN’T SEEM TO HAVE MADE ANY DAMAGE.

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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