# Incident 20250114019899I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-44-180, Arlington, TX, January 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2025, 14:00 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Arlington Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ACAS
- Location: 32.6639° N, 97.0943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (GKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6639&lon=-97.0943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814AT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814AT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1H6 (registry code 42399, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1h6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-44-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1H6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250114019899I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED ON DEPARTURE, THE STUDENT AND HERSELF SAW SOME BIRDS AND MAUNVERED TO AVOID THEM. SHORTLY AFTER, THE PILOT'S SIDE WINDSCREEN WAS STRUCK BY A BIRD SHATTERING THAT SIDE'S WINDSCREEN. THE INSTRUCTOR PROMPTLY TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ATC/ARLINGTON TOWER AND RETURNED TO GKY FOR AN UNEVENTFULL LANDING. THE ONLY INJURIES SUSTAINED BY ANYONE ON BAORD WAS A FEW MINOR SCRATCHES ON THE INSTRUCTOR'S FOREHEAD.

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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