# Accident 20250723010059A: Cessna 172R, Fort Pierce, FL, July 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2025, 11:03 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Fort Pierce
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operator: TCEV
- Location: 27.4080° N, 80.3210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fort Pierce Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4080&lon=-80.3210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35246, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N35246) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250723010059A

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN PILOT WAS CONDUCTING VFR PATTERN WORK AT FPR ON RWY10L. PILOT REPORTED BIRD STRIKE AT 1503Z WHILE IN THE LEFT CROSSWIND OF RWY10L. PILOT REQUESTED TO CONTINUE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LAND ON RWY10L AT FPR. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ISSUE AND TAXIED UNDER OWN POWER TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FBO AT FPR. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AIRFOIL, LEFT LANDING LIGHT, AND LEFT TAXI LIGHT. NO ASSISTANCE REQUIRED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.  DUE TO AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF DAMAGE, TO INCLUDE THE SPAR, INCIDENT WAS UPGRADED TO ACCIDENT, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAVE SUBMITTED APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT TO TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT TO HOME AIRPORT FOR REPAIRS; INSTRUCTIONS WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED BY TEXTRON FOR TEMPORARY REPAIRS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N35246 (1)

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

- [Incident 20240414003159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240414003159I), Apr 14, 2024: Cessna 172R (N35246), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. On April 14, 2024, at approximately 1300 local (EST) at north Palm Beach county general aviation airport in north Palm Beach, FL (F45), a Cessna 172-R aircraft…

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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