# Incident 20200604007819I: Piper PA-28-161, Ramona, CA, June 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2020, 19:05 local time
- Place: Ramona, CA
- Airport: Ramona
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0392° N, 116.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAMONA (RNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0392&lon=-116.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81916, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81916) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200604007819I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.