Cessna 172P N65704

Summary

On 14 October 2013 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N65704, operated by Aerosim Academy Inc, was involved in an accident near Christmas, 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

14 October 2013 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Christmas, Florida, United States

Coordinates

28.5304, -81.0196

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N65704

Category

Airplane

Year built

1982

Engines

1

Operator

Aerosim Academy Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Merritt Island → Sanford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA001

Nobody was injured.

An inflight collision with a bird during cruise flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.