- Date
- September 15, 1980
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL · KISSIMMEE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N737MUCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127802
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3127 80/9/15 KISSIMMEE,FL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 214 TIME - 1100 N737MU PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KISSIMMEE,FL ST.PETERSBURG,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- LARGE BIRD STRUCK THE L WING STRUT & L HOR STABILIZER.ACFT WAS LNDD SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737MU
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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