20200604007819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Ramona, CA · June 4, 2020

Date
June 4, 2020 · 19:05 local
Place
Ramona, CA
Airport
Ramona
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81916
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On take off, departing from Ramona a flock of birds flew towards the aircraft and one of the birds struck the left wing leading edge. The instructor immediately took control of the aircraft and landed on runway 09 at Ramona. Aircraft sustained minor damage and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKE OFF, DEPARTING FROM RAMONA A FLOCK OF BIRDS FLEW TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT AND ONE OF THE BIRDS STRUCK THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 09 AT RAMONA. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.