# Incident 20181028021079I: Piper PA-28-161, Fort Pierce, FL, October 28, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2018, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BEJS
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N703RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N703RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 586 total, 179 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181028021079I

## Narrative

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

FORT PIERCE, FL (FPR): N703RA, P28A, STRUCK A BIRD ON TAKEOFF ROLL WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS FOR RUNWAY 28R. DAMAGE TO THE PROP WAS REPORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP. POB: UNKNOWN, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 10/28/2018 1358Z

## Other reports on N703RA (1)

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

- [Incident 20110429008529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110429008529I), Apr 29, 2011: Piper PA-28-161 (N703RA), Punta Gorda, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft on time building flight from fpr to pgd and back. Arrival at fpr maintenance found propeller strike. Propeller strike incurred at pgd but pilot says…

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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