Cessna 172S N20956

Summary

On 27 January 2007 at about 17:15 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N20956, operated by Falcon Flight Aviation, was involved in an accident near Sanford, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 January 2007 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Sanford, Florida, United States

Coordinates

28.7778, -81.2375

Aircraft

Cessna 172S

Registration

N20956

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Falcon Flight Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sanford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA07CA045

Nobody was injured.

The inadvertent inflight collision with a bird resulting in damage to the airplane and the pilot having limited control capability.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.