# Incident 20250422007239I: Cessna 172M, College Station, TX, April 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2025, 15:54 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: Easterwood Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BZYA
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50291, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50291) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250422007239I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE DOWNWIND FOR AN APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY WHEN LARGE TURKEY VULTURE FLEW UP IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM BELOW.  BIRD CONTACTED THE UPPER PART OF THE WINDSCREEN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE WINDSCREEN WAS CRACKED, AND AIRFRAME AERODYNAMIC COWLING WAS BENT.   AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES TO INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND STUDENT

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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