# Incident 20101010049049I: Piper PA-28-181, Taylorsville, KY, October 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2010, 14:35 local time
- Place: Taylorsville, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0323° N, 85.3495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taylorsville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0323&lon=-85.3495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3012A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3012A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,810 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101010049049I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 10, 2010 WHILE CONDUCTING A SITE-SEEING FLIGHT SOUTH OF FRANKFORT, KY IN N3012A, A PA-28-181, I WAS IN CONTACT WITH LEXINGTON APPROACH AND IN STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 FT MSL.  I THEN DETECTED MOVEMENT IN MY PERIPHERAL FIELD OF VISION, AND AS QUICKLY AS I COULD TURN MY HEAD, I SAW A BIRD AND IN LESS THAN A SECOND, IT IMPACTED THE RIGHT WINGTIP, SEPARATING IT FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  I ESTIMATE THIS TO BE APPROXIMATELY 14:35 EDT. I INFORMED LEXINGTON APPROACH AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL FLYING NORMALLY.  I THEN PROCEEDED TO AND LANDED AT FFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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