# Incident 20260130001989I: Cessna 172S, Madison, WA, January 30, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2026, 13:20 local time
- Place: Madison, WA
- Airport: Dane County Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N832MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N832MA) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260130001989I

## Narrative

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

TRAINING FLIGHT FROM KMSN TO KDLL TO PRACTICE APPROACHES AND PATTERN WORK AND RETURN.  CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RWY 32.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, PIC CALLED OUT BIRD, CFI THEN SAW A LARGE BIRD DIRECTLY I FRONT OF WINDSCREEN.  CFI IMMEDIATELY POINTED OUT A SECOND BIRD THAT THEN DOVE TO THE LEFT FOLLOWED BY PILOTS FEELING AND HEARING A THUMP.  THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF DAMAGE BUT PILOTS DECIDED TO RETURN FOR LANDING AND INSPECTION FOR DAMAGE. FROM THE TIME THAT PIC SAW THE FIRST BIRD TO THE IMPACT OF THE SECOND AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500’-700’ AGL, DIRECTLY ABOVE RUNWAY 32 CENTERLINE AND CLIMBING. WE ADVISED MSN TOWER THAT WE HAD A BIRD STRIKE, REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO LAND, AND WERE CLEARED TO ENTER THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 36 AND CLEARED TO LAND. UPON INSPECTION AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE WE FOUND AN IMPACT DENT ON THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRPLANE.

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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