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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · Fort Myers, FL · February 22, 2014

Date
February 22, 2014 · 12:49 local
Place
Fort Myers, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9087V
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
924 total744 in this make and model25 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.

Bird strike on approach to kfmy. Broke out the windscreen and minor interior trim damage. Pilot suffered minor scratches to forehead.

As the FAA filed it

BIRD STRIKE ON APPROACH TO KFMY. BROKE OUT THE WINDSCREEN AND MINOR INTERIOR TRIM DAMAGE. PILOT SUFFERED MINOR SCRATCHES TO FOREHEAD.