ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289682
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| Date: | Monday 14 October 2013 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Aerosim Academy Inc |
| Registration: | N65704 |
| MSN: | 17275824 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20270 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming 0-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Christmas, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Cocoa-Merritt Island Airport, FL (COI/KCOI) |
| Orlando Sanford International Airport, FL (SFB/KSFB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor stated that, while in cruise flight at an altitude of 2,500 feet, he observed two large birds directly ahead of the airplane. He assumed control of the airplane from the student pilot and attempted to maneuver around them, but one of the birds impacted the left wing, resulting in substantial damage. After observing no flight control anomalies, the flight instructor elected to continue to the destination airport, where he landed the airplane without incident.
Probable Cause: An inflight collision with a bird during cruise flight.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA14CA001
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 March 2011 | N67504 | private | 0 | Lakeland-Linder Airport (KLAL), Florida | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Oct-2022 17:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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