# Incident 20170915019389I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA46-500TP, Bethany, OK, September 15, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2017, 16:42 local time
- Place: Bethany, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5072° N, 97.6417° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethany, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5072&lon=-97.6417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N464C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N464C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA46-500TP (registry code 7104623, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa46-500tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA46-500TP
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,629 total, 427 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170915019389I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 1642 CST, THE PILOT OF A PIPER PA-46, REPORTED A LARGE BIRD HAD STRUCK THE LEFT WING/FLAP SURFACE OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 17L OF WILEY POST AIRPORT LOCATED IN BETHANY, OKLAHOMA. AFTER STRIKING THE BIRD, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. GROUND INSPECTION REVEALED THE BIRD FIRST HIT THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND THEN THE LEFT FLAP. NO DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO LEFT WING BUT THE LEFT FLAP WAS DENTED/DAMAGED TO THE POINT WHERE THE LEFT FLAP REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. ESTIMATED COST OF FLAP REPLACEMENT IS APPROXIMATELY $11,000.

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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