# Incident 20160118000159I: Piper PA-44-180, Corvallis, OR, January 18, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Corvallis, OR
- Airport: Corvallis Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4969° N, 123.2895° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORVALLIS MUNI (CVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4969&lon=-123.2895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3047B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3047B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- 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/20160118000159I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH & GO TRAINING  OPERATIONS, THE PRIVATE PILOT, LEFT SEAT, THROTTLED UP FOLLOWING A LANDING.  THE CFI PILOT, RIGHT SEAT, SAW A LARGE BIRD ON THE RUNWAY IN FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE.  THE LEFT SEAT PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROL WHEEL AND THE BIRD IMPACTED THE RIGHT WING TIP DURING ROTATION.  THE IMPACT CAUSED SEPARATION OF THE FIBERGLASS WING TIP. THE RIGHT PILOT TOOK CONTROL AND ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF.  FULL BRAKING WAS APPLIED BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A FULL STOP ON THE RUNWAY.  THE DECEASED BIRD WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THE WING TIP AND DETERMINED TO BE A JUVENILE BALD EAGLE.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BUT ADDITIONAL MINOR DAMAGED WAS FOUND ON THE OUTBOARD EDGE OF THE RIGHT AILERON.

## Other reports on N3047B (2)

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

- [Incident 20040527009059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040527009059I), May 27, 2004: Piper PA44180 (N3047B), Corvallis, OR, Minor damage. (-23) On 5-27-04 at 1400 PDT, N3047B a PA-44-180 was on a training flight at Corvallis airport (cvo) and landed with the gear in the retracted position. The…
- [Incident 19921030048499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921030048499I), Oct 30, 1992: Piper PA44180 (N3047B), Auburn, WA, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower landing gear on a simulated single engine approach. Landed gear up.

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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