# Incident 20141016021079I: Piper PA-28-181, Scottsdale, AZ, October 16, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2014, 10:26 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FQAS
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N914PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N914PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,145 total, 129 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141016021079I

## Narrative

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

BIRD STRIKE EVENT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION (300 FT AGL) AFTER A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 21 AT SDL FROM A CIRCLING APPROACH OFF THE VOR C PRACTICE APPROACH. PILOT NOTICED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, REPORTED TO ATC AND REQUESTED TO RETURN TO SDL. AIRPORT OPS INSPECTED RUNWAY AND FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE 3-4 LARGE PIDGEONS.

## Other reports on N914PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20170130000639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170130000639I), Jan 30, 2017: Piper PA-28-181 (N914PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. On January 30, 2017 around 1636 MST, solo student pilot landed runway 7R at the Phoenix, AZ dvt airport and while exiting at C5, lost control and went partialy…
- [Incident 20161028019069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161028019069I), Oct 28, 2016: Piper PA-28-181 (N914PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. On October 28th, at approximately 10:30 local, a Piper archer iii, N914PA, operating on a solo cross country flight experienced a bounce during landing at dvt…

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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