# Incident 20010316007069I: Piper PA31350, Reno, NV, March 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2001, 19:45 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 39.4991° N, 119.7681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/TAHOE INTL (RNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4991&lon=-119.7681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35805, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35805-2023-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-J2B (registry code 41976, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-j2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC O435
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,088 total, 295 in this make and model, 216 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010316007069I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AMF 213 REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE ON CRUISE DESCENT TO RNO WHEN OVER DOWNTOWN AT 1645 PST. THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD AND THE METAL STRIP ABOVE IT WAS DESTROYED.  MINOR SCRATCHES TO THE TWO PILOTS.

## Other reports on N35805 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990105005679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990105005679I), Jan 5, 1999: Piper PA31350 (N35805), Concord, CA. (-5)Aircraft departed oakland (oak) en route to sacramento. At 5,500 feet MSL in level flight just north of the ccr VOR, pilot initiated stage cooling and…

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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