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Thu, Jul 10, 2003

Birds Take Down 172, Kill Instructor, Student

"Mayday. Mayday. We're going down!" Along with a location, that was the content of the last transmission from the training flight Tuesday, as a Cessna 172 was apparently disabled in the air by a bird strike.

The instructor and student pilot, as-yet-unidentified publicly, were killed in the crash.

**   Report created 7/9/2003   Record 3  **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 166ME        Make/Model: C172      Description: 172, P172, R172, Skyhawk, Hawk
  Date: 07/08/2003     Time: 1644
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Fatal     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
  City: FRISCO   State: TX   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  ACFT REPORTED A MAYDAY AFTER LOSING CONTROL DUE TO A BIRD STRIKE, AND CRASHED, TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED, FRISCO, TX
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   2
                 # Crew:  2     Fat:   2     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: TKI 1553 UTC 18009KT 150V210 10SM BKN022 29/23 A3113
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Training      Phase: Cruise      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: ADDISON AIRPORT, DAL        Dep Date: 07/08/2003   Dep. Time: 1632
  Destination: ADDISON AIRPORT          Flt Plan: UNK          Wx Briefing: U
  Last Radio Cont: 2 MILES W OF AERO COUNTRY
  Last Clearance: NO CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED
  FAA FSDO: DALLAS, TX  (SW05)                    Entry date: 07/09/2003


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