Probable cause
The inflight collision with multiple geese during initial climb.
NTSB analysis
The flight instructor and his student were conducting an instructional flight in night visual meteorological conditions and in the airport traffic pattern when the airplane collided with multiple geese during initial climb. The flight instructor made an uneventful landing following the bird strike. The airplane’s right-wing leading edge and main spar were substantially damaged during the bird strike.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN23LA035 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Nov 12, 2022
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Olathe, Kansas
- Nearest airport
- Johnson County Executive Airpo (OJC)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Night
Cessna 172
- N-number
- N5258Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2002
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
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