# Incident 20141203022939I: Piper PA-28-161, Melbourne, FL, December 3, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2014, 18:50 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECQS
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N635FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N635FT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D3G (registry code 42156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141203022939I

## Narrative

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

MLB ATCT REPORT: "MELBOURNE, FL (MLB): FITT35, PA28, REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE ON APPROACH TO RWY 09R. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MINOR DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING. 12/3 2350Z."

REPORTED WX: KMLB 2353Z 36008KT SCT035 22/19 A3015.

141 SCHOOL (OPERATOR) PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING FLIGHT CREW REPORT: "12/3/14 19:15 LOCAL, N635FT ON FINAL APPROACH FOR 09R, 3 DME, A LARGE BIRD STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  A LARGE 'THUMP' WAS HEARD AND THE PLANE SLIGHTLY SHOOK.  WE THEN DID A LOW PASS DOWN TAXIWAY ALPHA SO THE TOWER COULD ASSESS THE DAMAGE.  NOTHING COULD BE SEEN AND THE AIRCRAFT FELT FINE, SO WE CONTINUED THE LESSON.?

THE OPERATOR ALSO PROVIDED PHOTOS OF THE IMPACT AREA WHICH SHOWED THAT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO A SLIGHT INDENTATION  IN THE RT WING LOWER LEADING EDGE.

## Other reports on N635FT (2)

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

- [Incident 20241108020549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241108020549I), Nov 8, 2024: Piper PA-28-161 (N635FT), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. During taxi out on a night flight, the solo student pilot turned the acft onto an arpt access road and the acft struck a stop sign. He then continued on toward…
- [Incident 20180724017929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180724017929I), Jul 24, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N635FT), Melbourne, FL, Minor damage. The acft experienced an engine compartment fire and sustained minor damage, after landing on rwy 05. The engine reportedly quit during the ldg rollout, as the…

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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