# Incident 20171222023419I: Piper PA-28, Vero Beach, FL, December 22, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2017, 15:10 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 27.6472° N, 80.3931° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vero Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6472&lon=-80.3931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8582M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8582M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 (registry code 41833, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1c6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171222023419I

## Narrative

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

FAA FORM 8020-9 STATES "PILOT REPORTED STRIKING A LARGE BLACK BIRD ON CLIMB OUT APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE NORTH OF THE VRB AIRPORT. REQUESTED AND RECEIVED PRIORITY HANDLING TO COME BACK AND LAND AT KVRB. PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A MINOR DENT IN THE WING." 12/22/2017 2010Z.

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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