20220909010069I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Dutch Harbor, AK · September 9, 2022

Date
September 9, 2022 · 11:32 local
Place
Dutch Harbor, AK
Airport
Unalaska
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ENHA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N524ER
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
4,800 total

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.

Bird strike on rotation. Aircraft continued to rotate and returned to airport landing safely. Maintenance inspected the aircraft for damage and found none. Aircraft returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

BIRD STRIKE ON ROTATION. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROTATE AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT LANDING SAFELY. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND NONE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.