# Incident 20161206022869I: Piper PA-31T, Denison, IA, December 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2016, 18:50 local time
- Place: Denison, IA
- Airport: Denison Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9861° N, 95.3803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DENISON MUNI (DNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9861&lon=-95.3803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62E-2021-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31T
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,845 total, 16 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161206022869I

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMBOUT AFTER TAKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE DURING A CLIMBING LEFT TURN WHILE ENROUTE TO DUBUQUE, IA (DBQ).  PIC REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED CLEARANCE TO PROCEED TO DES MOINES, IA (DSM) WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED AS MINOR.

## Other reports on N62E (1)

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

- [Incident 20120213001319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120213001319I), Feb 13, 2012: Piper PA-31T (N62E), Mount Pleasant, MI, Minor damage. Aircraft struck deer with right propeller/engine during first 2000' of takeoff from runway 27, at approximately 80 knots. Takeoff was aborted and aircraft…

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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