# Incident 20250228004159I: Piper PA-28R-201T, Orlando, FL, February 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2025, 19:10 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1494H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1494H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 403 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250228004159I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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