ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285317
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| Date: | Saturday 27 January 2007 |
| Time: | 12:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172S |
| Owner/operator: | Falcon Flight Aviation |
| Registration: | N20956 |
| MSN: | 172S9564 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1463 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sanford, Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Orlando Sanford International Airport, FL (SFB/KSFB) |
| Orlando Sanford International Airport, FL (SFB/KSFB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he departed from Orlando Sanford International Airport, Sanford, Florida, with a new student on a discovery flight. He further stated that after exiting class C airspace, as he initiated a climb, a turkey buzzard impacted the airplane's right wing causing damage. The damage caused the airplane to turn to the right and severely limited his ability to control the airplane. According to the pilot it placed the airplane in a descending right spiral. The pilot recovered the airplane from the spiral and made a forced landing to a nearby field. During the landing the nose wheel dug into the ground and separated bringing the airplane to a stop. According to the pilot, prior to the buzzard impacting the airplane's wing, there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions to the airplane or any of its systems.
Probable Cause: The inadvertent inflight collision with a bird resulting in damage to the airplane and the pilot having limited control capability.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA07CA045
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 08:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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