20151230023769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Ft Worth, TX · December 30, 2015

Date: December 30, 2015 · 12:40 local
Place: Ft Worth, TX
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N2135B
NTSB investigation: NTSBGAA16CA095
Reported as: Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total1,391 in this make and model305 in the last 90 days

N2135BRegistered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7916110 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On December 30, 2015, at 1245 CST, a Piper PA-28-161, N2135B, s/n 28-7916110 privacy data omittedhad a birdstrike while on a local student training flight from fort Worth meacham airport, fort Worth, TX (kftw) . While on down wind, for runway 35, the aircraft struck a large bird. The flight instructor took control of the aircraft and landed safely on runway 34 and taxied to the hangar. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed (VMC) and there was no flight plan filed. The aircraft had substantial damage to the stabilator. There was 1 student plus the flight instructor on board with the flight instructor and student receiving no injuries. The flight originated at fort Worth, TX (kftw), on December 30, 2015 at approximately 1200 CST.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 30, 2015, AT 1245 CST, A PIPER PA-28-161, N2135B, S/N 28-7916110 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HAD A BIRDSTRIKE WHILE ON A LOCAL STUDENT TRAINING FLIGHT FROM FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TX (KFTW) . WHILE ON DOWN WIND, FOR RUNWAY 35, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LARGE BIRD. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 34 AND TAXIED TO THE HANGAR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE STABILATOR. THERE WAS 1 STUDENT PLUS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RECEIVING NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT WORTH, TX (KFTW), ON DECEMBER 30, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 CST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB GAA16CA095Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportFort Worth, TXAn inadvertent collision with a bird while on downwind in the airport pattern.Dec 30, 2015 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N2135B · 1

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

Incident 20191022023142ITemple, TXOn October 22, 2019 at 20:20 CDT. A Piper PA-28-161, N2135B registered to miloud k m , arlington Texas collided with N42998, a Piper PA-28-161 that was parked unoccupied on the ramp at Draughon-Miller regional airport (ktpl) Temple, Texas. N42998 suffered…Oct 22, 2019 · Minor damage