20220515008209I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Sanford, ME · May 15, 2022

Date
May 15, 2022 · 11:45 local
Place
Sanford, ME
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33371
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,075 total613 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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 may 15,2022 a PA-28 N33371 struck a canadian goose in cruise flight at 2000 feet about halfway between sfm and lci. Damage was limited to the right wing upper surface area approximately 2 feet back from the leading edge , one rib was affected with some skin separation from the rib. The aircraft continued to the destination and landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 15,2022 A PA-28 N33371 STRUCK A CANADIAN GOOSE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2000 FEET ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN SFM AND LCI. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WING UPPER SURFACE AREA APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET BACK FROM THE LEADING EDGE , ONE RIB WAS AFFECTED WITH SOME SKIN SEPARATION FROM THE RIB. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE DESTINATION AND LANDED SAFELY.