# Incident 20180131001759I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-44-180, Melbourne, FL, January 31, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2018, 06:49 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECQS
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N881FT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N881FT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H (registry code 42257, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 1,335 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180131001759I

## Narrative

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

FIT81, MLB-MLB, SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE ON DEPARTURE RUNWAY 27L. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO DAMAGE REPORTED. 01/31/2018 1149Z. VERIFIED WITH MAINTENANCE THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF BIRD STRIKE.

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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