# Incident 20241031022179I: Piper PA-28-181, Dallas, TX, October 31, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2024, 09:47 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6813° N, 96.8688° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALLAS EXEC (RBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6813&lon=-96.8688&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N405CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,519 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241031022179I

## Narrative

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

AIRCARFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 FOR LEFT PATTERN AT DALLAS EXECUTIVE (RBD). A STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING WITH THE CFI. WHILE IN THE DEPARTURE LEG AT APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET AGL, A BIRD IMPACTED THE LEFT WING. CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AT THE MID SECTION JUST INBOARD OF THE STALL VANE. WING DAMAGE WAS AT THE LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES IN LENGTH AND DENTED APROXIMATELY 2 INCHES.

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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