- Date
- October 2, 2005, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Punta Gorda, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N952ACCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20051002030069A
- Case key
- 62696
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Probable cause
The in-flight collision with a bird resulting in substantial damage to the airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that when the flight was approximately two to three nautical miles north of the Charlotte County Airport, a brown bird appeared to his left on a collision course. He banked to the left in an attempt to avoid a collision but heard a "crash." He noted damage to the right horizontal stabilizer; rudder and pitch control were affected. He proceeded to the destination airport and landed uneventfully.
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N952AC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268001
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Naples Air Center, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KPHK · Pahokee, FL
- Destination
- KPGD · Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport
- KPGD · Charlotte County
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 108 in this make and model · 108 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N952AC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.