# Accident 20240710021609A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Cochran, GA, July 10, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2024, 11:30 local time
- Place: Cochran, GA
- Airport: Cochran Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: HG6S
- Location: 32.3949° N, 83.2759° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3949&lon=-83.2759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N268MG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N268MG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,048 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA306) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240710021609A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/10/2024, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (FI) WAS PERFORMING A REVIEW FLIGHT WITH A STUDENT PILOT FOR A CFI EOC. AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING FLIGHT PATTERN APPROACH LANDINGS AT COCHRAN, GA. (48A). UPON A LANDING APPROACH, FI NOTICED TWO LARGE BIRDS FLYING ACROSS THE FIELD IN THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. FI ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB AWAY FROM THE BIRDS. HOWEVER, ONE BIRD STARTING CLIMBING ALSO AND CONTINUED IN THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT. BIRD IMPLACTED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RH WING. PILOT DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 29 WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA24LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA306), Jul 10, 2024: Piper PA28 (N268MG), Cochran, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s impact with a bird resulting in substantial damage to the right wing.

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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