# Incident 20161108022229I: Piper PA-28-180, Rochester, MN, November 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2016, 15:16 local time
- Place: Rochester, MN
- Airport: Rochester International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9083° N, 92.5000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCHESTER INTL (RST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9083&lon=-92.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9295J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9295J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161108022229I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 31 AT RST, THE PILOT REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TOWARDS AN INSTRUMENT RATING AND HE WAS WEARING AN INSTRUMENT TRAINING DEVICE (HOOD).  PILOT STATED THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE BIRD THAT WAS IN A STEEP DIVE JUST BEFORE IT CONTACTED THE LEFT WING AND YELLED "BIRD" JUST BEFORE IT HIT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS NO NOTICABLE EFFECT ON THE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N9295J (1)

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

- [Incident 19940911026449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940911026449I), Sep 11, 1994: Piper PA28180 (N9295J), Neffs, PA, Minor damage. Landed in a field north of airport due to engine problems. Folded nose gear on a gopher hole. Exhaust value failure.

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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