# Incident 20230106000139I: Piper PA-28-140, Wilmington, NC, January 6, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2023, 16:55 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: Wilmington
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 34AS
- Location: 34.2712° N, 77.9029° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILMINGTON INTL (ILM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2712&lon=-77.9029&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9980W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9980W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 897 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230106000139I

## Narrative

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

WILMINGTON, NC (ILM):^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA28, REPORTED A BIRD

STRIKE ON CLIMB OUT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED

WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N9980W (6)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230305001839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230305001839I), Mar 5, 2023: Piper PA-28-140 (N9980W), Wilmington, NC, No damage. A flight instructor was instructing a student pilot on landings. On the third landing the flight instructor reported that the student pilot overused the right…
- [Incident 20220623007719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220623007719I), Jun 23, 2022: Piper PA-28-140 (N9980W), Fayetteville, NC, Minor damage. On 06/23/2022 at approximately 1505 local N9980W, a PA28-140, departed runway 4 at fay and had a door come open on takeoff. The PIC requested a return to the…
- [Incident 20180430007169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180430007169I), Apr 30, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N9980W), Lumberton, NC, Minor damage. During an landing at Lumberton airport, (klbt) the PIC reported that the a gust of wind caused the aircraft to balloon and the aircraft bounce and left the…
- [Incident 20180305001449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180305001449I), Mar 5, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N9980W), Fayetteville, NC, Minor damage. During an instructional flight the aircraft bounced on a landing attempt and started to drift left of center line, the student pilot pushed the right rudder…
- [Incident 20170805016899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170805016899I), Aug 5, 2017: Piper PA-28-140 (N9980W), Fayetteville, NC, Minor damage. Student pilot with all American aviation services was on a solo flight practicing landings on 08/05/2017. Winds on that day, as reported by fay ATC, were 260…
- [Incident 20120421005589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120421005589I), Apr 21, 2012: Piper PA-28-140 (N9980W), Wilmington, NC, Minor damage. N9980W was VFR inbound to ilm, touch and go, then continuing to cre. On or shortly after touchdown, N9980W looped rapidly to the left. The pilot was unable to…

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.

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