# Incident 20250305001359I: Cessna 172S, San Carlos, CA, March 5, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2025, 07:28 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6198N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6198N) (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: 1,718 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250305001359I

## Narrative

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

CFI AND STUDENT NOTICED TWO GEESE CROSSING THEIR FLIGHT PATH AND IN SHORT RANGE APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL OVER THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 30 AT SAN CARLOS AIRPORT. CFI PITCHED AIRCRAFT UPWARD CITING TRAINING THAT BIRDS NORMALLY DIVE WHEN TRYING TO ESCAPE. ONE OF THE TWO GEESE IMPACTED LOWER COWLING ON LEFT SIDE AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG FAIRING. CFI IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO NORMAL LANDING ATTITUDE AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 30. AIRCRAFT IN LANDING PATTERN BEHIND THEM WENT AROUND. AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL REMOVED DEAD GOOSE FROM RUNWAY AREA. AIRCRAFT TAXIIED TO PARKING AT SAN CARLOS FLIGHT CENTER UNDER ITS OWN POWER AND WAS INSPECTED. SHALLOW DENT IN ENGINE COWL WAS REPAIRED. THE LANDING GEAR LEG FAIRING WAS REPLACED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED 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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