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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172R · Stillwater, OK · June 15, 2026

Date
June 15, 2026 · 09:30 local
Place
Stillwater, OK
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
GH8S
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9202U
Reported as
Cessna 172R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
645 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During a training flight the aircraft experience a bird strike shortly after take off during the initial climb. The flight crew access the aircraft performance, contacted ATC and returned for a precautionary landing. Bird remainings were found on aircraft during post flight inspection and were collected bt airport operations. No injuries, damage or rrgulatory violations were identified.

As the FAA filed it

DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE A BIRD STRIKE SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB. THE FLIGHT CREW ACCESS THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE, CONTACTED ATC AND RETURNED FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. BIRD REMAININGS WERE FOUND ON AIRCRAFT DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AND WERE COLLECTED BT AIRPORT OPERATIONS. NO INJURIES, DAMAGE OR RRGULATORY VIOLATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED.