Pilot Debrief

CESSNA 152 near Murphysboro, IL — 2013-02-15

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Date
2013-02-15
Location
Murphysboro, IL, USA
Airport
MDH
Aircraft
CESSNA 152
Registration
N95670
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

An inadvertent encounter with birds while on the downwind leg in the traffic pattern.

NTSB narrative

The pilot was performing a night solo flight to practice some night landings. While on the downwind leg in the traffic pattern after his first takeoff, he saw a “flash” of four to six birds fly through his field of view from the bottom left to the top right of the airplane and subsequently heard a loud noise. He said that the impact lifted the right wing upward slightly and that he thought it was a bird strike. He landed the airplane without further incident. The next day, the pilot noticed substantial damage to the right wing.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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