- Date
- September 9, 2021, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Olive Branch, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5233PCessna 152
- Defining event
- Approach: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210909017319A
- Case key
- 103848
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The airplane’s impact with a bird while on approach.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that while on final approach to land, the airplane impacted a large red-tail hawk which entered the cabin through the windshield, resulting in minor injuries to the student. The flight instructor landed the airplane without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the windshield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5233P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284898
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 13,635.8
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Quest LLC
- Registered owner
- Aero Quest LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 9, 2021 · 89.7 hours before
- Departed
- KOLV · Olive Branch, MS
- Airport
- OLV
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 4, 2020
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 1,351 total · 750 in this make and model · 1,255 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 17
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 0 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KOLV
- METAR
- KOLV 092050Z 36008G14KT 10SM CLR 29/10 A3000
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 23, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.