# Incident 20180713014489I: Piper PA-24-260, Fort Smith, AR, July 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2018, 17:38 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3859° N, 94.3985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Smith, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3859&lon=-94.3985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N915BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N915BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 180 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180713014489I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 13, 2018 AT 1238 CDT, A PIPER  PA-24-260, N915BC, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMPACTED A BIRD WHILE DEPARTING RUNWAY 25 AT FORT SMITH REGIONAL AIRPORT FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE CONE WAS SUSTAINED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED., THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND NON CERTIFICATED PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS ON JULY 13, 2018 AT 1230 CDT.

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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