# Incident 20250106011889I: Cessna 172R, Livermore, CA, January 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2025, 13:44 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2173Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2173Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250106011889I

## Narrative

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

LIVERMORE, CA (LVK): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, C172, LVK-MHR, THE PILOT REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE ON RIGHT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO LVK TO INSPECT FOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND THE PILOT & MAINTENANCE TEAM REPORTED NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2173Z (2)

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

- [Incident 20191110020959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191110020959I), Nov 10, 2019: Cessna 172R (N2173Z), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. On November 10, 2019 at approximately 1815 local time, the pilot of N2173Z was returning from a VFR cross-country flight and experienced a hard landing on…
- [Accident 20170703008829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170703008829A), Jul 3, 2017: Cessna 172R (N2173Z), Shreveport, LA, Destroyed. Student pilot experienced hard landing and porpoised. He did not realize he had a prop strike. Applied power and became airborne, completing two go-arounds to…

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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