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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Hartford, CT · May 12, 2013

Date
May 12, 2013 · 09:42 local
Place
Hartford, CT
Airport
Brainard
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4447E
Reported as
Piper PA-38-112
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

N4447E was conducting practice touch and go operations on runway 2 when they experienced a bird strike causing minor damage to the left wing leading edge. Airport ground workers found a dead hawk on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

N4447E WAS CONDUCTING PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS ON RUNWAY 2 WHEN THEY EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. AIRPORT GROUND WORKERS FOUND A DEAD HAWK ON THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N4447E · 2

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