# Incident 20251117016409I: Cessna 172N, Gainesville, FL, November 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2025, 20:32 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 2KFS
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2410E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2410E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251117016409I

## Narrative

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

11/17/2025 2032 EST. GAINESVILLE, FL (GNV): N2410E, C172, STRUCK A BIRD ON DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 25 AND LANDED. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE WING.

PILOT STATEMENT:

ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 17TH, 2025 MY STUDENT AND I WERE CONDUCTING A 100NM CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM KLAL TO KGNV IN N2410E AND DEPARTED AT 6:55 PM. IT WAS A SMOOTH FLIGHT AND SMOOTH DESCENT INTO KGNV AT AROUND 7:50 PM. WE WERE GIVEN CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25 INTO KGNV. MY STUDENT ENTERS LEFT DOWNWIND AT PATTERN ALTITUDE AND AS WE ARE PARALLEL TO THE 1000 FT MARKERS ON RUNWAY 25 WE START GETTING THE PLANE READY TO LAND ADDING 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS. MY STUDENT GOES TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE WE ARE IN COORDINATION TO THE RUNWAY TO SEE WHEN WE NEED TO TURN BASE, I DO THE SAME AND THEN WE START THE BASE TURN. MY EYES ARE LOOKING OUT FRONT THE WHOLE TIME AS IT WAS PITCH BLACK AND THEN I HEAR A LOUD BANG AS SOMETHING JUST HIT US AND I FEEL IT TOO. I IMMEDIATELY SAY MY CONTROLS AND TAKE OVER THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE HIT US. MY STUDENT LOOKS AT ENGINE INDICATIONS AND IT IS ALL NORMAL. I REPORT TO ATC POSSIBLE BIRD STRIKE. I FLEW THE PLANE AS NORMAL BUT LANDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE FACT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WE HAD AND WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED THE LONGER WE WERE IN THE AIR. AS WE LAND THE LIGHTS FROM THE RUNWAY GAVE US A BETTER VISUAL AND THAT IS WHEN WE SEE THE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND DENT. I TAXI AS NORMAL TO PARK THE PLANE AT THE UNIVERSITY FBO AND IMMEDIATELY CONTACT CHIEF PILOT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO

## Other reports on N2410E (1)

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

- [Incident 19790414012349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790414012349I), Apr 14, 1979: Cessna 172N (N2410E), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Pilot landed nose first, damaged the propeller

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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