# Incident 20190905012569I: Piper PA-44-180, Fostoria, OH, September 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2019, 12:40 local time
- Place: Fostoria, OH
- Airport: Fostoria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LF8S
- Location: 41.1598° N, 83.4115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fostoria, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1598&lon=-83.4115&mi=10
- Aircraft: N788BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N788BG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190905012569I

## Narrative

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

INBOUND ON VOR-A APPROACH TO KFZI DURING INSTRUMENT TRAINING. BIRD APPEARED AND AVOIDANCE WAS INITIATED HOWEVER  BIRD HIT AIRCRAFT OUTER SECTION LEADING EDGE OF RIGHT WING.

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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