20250228004159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Orlando, FL · February 28, 2025

Date
February 28, 2025 · 19:10 local
Place
Orlando, FL
Airport
Kissimmee Gateway
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1494H
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-201T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
403 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.

This office received notification from roc that on 2/28/2025 1910 EST, Piper PA-28-210T struck a bird while landing runway 15 resulting in damage to nose gear door and possibly propeller. Aircraft taxied to ramp. Pilot was contacted & reported that gear door had a very minor bend at the corner of the right nose gear bay door with an associated paint chip 1 square centimeter. In size propagating from the bend line and the nose gear bay door bent back into position easily with moderate finger pressure. There was liquid bird material on both propeller blades. There was no damage whatsoever visible or palpable on the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

THIS OFFICE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM ROC THAT ON 2/28/2025 1910 EST, PIPER PA-28-210T STRUCK A BIRD WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 15 RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOOR AND POSSIBLY PROPELLER. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RAMP. PILOT WAS CONTACTED & REPORTED THAT GEAR DOOR HAD A VERY MINOR BEND AT THE CORNER OF THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR BAY DOOR WITH AN ASSOCIATED PAINT CHIP 1 SQUARE CENTIMETER. IN SIZE PROPAGATING FROM THE BEND LINE AND THE NOSE GEAR BAY DOOR BENT BACK INTO POSITION EASILY WITH MODERATE FINGER PRESSURE. THERE WAS LIQUID BIRD MATERIAL ON BOTH PROPELLER BLADES. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER VISIBLE OR PALPABLE ON THE PROPELLER.