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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · West Chicago, IL · September 22, 2013

Date
September 22, 2013 · 12:45 local
Place
West Chicago, IL
Airport
Dupage
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8059R
Reported as
Piper PA-28-181
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total2,500 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

The Piper aircraft was on in the landing phase of flight when the aircraft struck a goose on the right wing. A normal landing was made and the bird strike was immediately reported to air traffic control. Neither the flight instructor or the student were injured on the flight. The right wing leading edge skin and 1 rib were damaged.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIPER AIRCRAFT WAS ON IN THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A GOOSE ON THE RIGHT WING. A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND THE BIRD STRIKE WAS IMMEDIATELY REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. NEITHER THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR THE STUDENT WERE INJURED ON THE FLIGHT. THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE SKIN AND 1 RIB WERE DAMAGED.