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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Ft. Pierce, FL · September 11, 2021

Date: September 11, 2021 · 12:56 local
Place: Ft. Pierce, FL
Airport: Treasure Coast International
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N474TA
Reported as: Piper PA-28-181
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 213 total

N474TARegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 2881316 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181

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What happened

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

The acft departed boca raton (bct) about 1200 local time headed back to orlando executive (orl). This was a training flight for commercial planned approach practices. While inbound for Ft. Pierce (fpr) practice approach, the aircraft encountered a bird strike on the left wing. Pilot landed to access the damage. Safe landing, no injuries. Aircraft towed to hangar for leading edge damage evaluation prior to continued flight. Wildlife form completed online. No mechanical or other operational issues noted.

As the FAA filed it

THE ACFT DEPARTED BOCA RATON (BCT) ABOUT 1200 LOCAL TIME HEADED BACK TO ORLANDO EXECUTIVE (ORL). THIS WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT FOR COMMERCIAL PLANNED APPROACH PRACTICES. WHILE INBOUND FOR FT. PIERCE (FPR) PRACTICE APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE ON THE LEFT WING. PILOT LANDED TO ACCESS THE DAMAGE. SAFE LANDING, NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO HANGAR FOR LEADING EDGE DAMAGE EVALUATION PRIOR TO CONTINUED FLIGHT. WILDLIFE FORM COMPLETED ONLINE. NO MECHANICAL OR OTHER OPERATIONAL ISSUES NOTED.