A Flight Instructor reported "a bird had struck the canopy of the aircraft causing the window on the pilot's side to come off of the plastic rails and into the cabin."

ACN 1935856 2022-09 DA20-C1 Eclipse Bird or Animal Strike Reports

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What is ASRS?

The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.

Pilot narrative

Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time); anonymization placeholders are ZZZ, X, Y.

While enroute from ZZZ to ZZZ1 on a night training flight we encountered what we believed to be a bird strike while cruising at 5500 ft. approximately 105 miles from our destination. Initial indications were that a bird had struck the canopy of the aircraft causing the window on the pilot's side to come off of the plastic rails and into the cabin. We notified ATC of the strike and advised them that we would assess the situation and notify them of any intentions to divert to a closer airport. After thoroughly inspecting the canopy and the leading edge of each wing we decided that there was not a threat to the safety of the flight by continuing on to our destination. All engine indications were normal and continued to remain normal. Based on our ETA at ZZZ1, we were scheduled to land when the Control Tower would still be operating and ARFF available. Upon further inspection after landing, there was no significant damage to the aircraft and no damage other than the pilot's side window.

NASA classification — Anomalies

Aircraft Equipment Problem
Inflight Event / Encounter

NASA classification — Assessments

Contributing Factors / Situations: Aircraft
Primary Problem: Aircraft

ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.