# Incident 20250530006109I: Cessna 172M, Burlington, VT, May 30, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2025, 16:44 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Patrick Leahy Burlington Inter
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 6VFS
- Location: 44.4720° N, 73.1533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PATRICK LEAHY BURLINGTON INTL (BTV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4720&lon=-73.1533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9698V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9698V) (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: 650 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250530006109I

## Narrative

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

PILOTS (CFI AND STUDENT) REPORTED TO CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THAT WHILE PRACTICING PATTERN WORK AND CLIMBING OUT FROM A TOUCH AND GO, THEY STRUCK A SEAGULL AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET MSL.  PILOTS MET WITH CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AND THE TOWER WAS NOTIFIED.   PILOTS REPORTED NOT SEEING ANY OTHER BIRDS IN THE AREA BEFORE THE STRIKE.  NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CONDITIONS OCCURRED AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITH NORMAL PATTERN PROCEDURES TO A FULL STOP LANDING.    THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL DENT NEAR THE CABIN AIR VENT INTAKE NEAR THE WING ROOT.  DOM REPORTED NO STRUCTURAL OR ANY MAJOR 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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