# Accident 20151230023769A: Piper PA-28-161, Ft Worth, TX, December 30, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2015, 12:40 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 32.8144° N, 97.3647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8144&lon=-97.3647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2135B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2135B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,391 in this make and model, 305 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151230023769A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA16CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA095), Dec 30, 2015: Piper PA 28-161 (N2135B), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent collision with a bird while on downwind in the airport pattern.

## Other reports on N2135B (1)

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

- [Incident 20191022023142I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191022023142I), Oct 22, 2019: Piper PA-28-161 (N2135B), Temple, TX, Minor damage. On 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…

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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