# Incident 19860205006349I: Piper PA31T1, New Orleans, LA, February 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1986, 13:00 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2379W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2379W-1991-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860205006349I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK A LONE SEAGULL AFTER TAKEOFF. DAMAGE TO DEICE BOOT WITH A DENT ON TOP SIDE OF WING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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