20250715007539I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Benton, AR · July 15, 2025

Date
July 15, 2025 · 21:06 local
Place
Benton, AR
Airport
Saline County Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9587J
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
448 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.

Investigating ASI contacted privacy data omitted of the aircraft involved in the wildlife strike report occurrence. The pilot reported to ATC that he hit a coyote on departure from Saline county airport (ksuz). The pilot flew to bill and hillary clinton airport (klit) to have ATC verify his landing gear was ok, and the control tower spotted nothing abnormal. The pilot inspected the main landing gear upon landing, where he believed the coyote had been hit, and no evidence of the animal was found. The pilot involved in the wildlife strike at Saline county airport (ksuz) filed wildlife strike report 20250716-0905020, as requested by the aviation safety inspector (ASI).

As the FAA filed it

INVESTIGATING ASI CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE WILDLIFE STRIKE REPORT OCCURRENCE. THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THAT HE HIT A COYOTE ON DEPARTURE FROM SALINE COUNTY AIRPORT (KSUZ). THE PILOT FLEW TO BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON AIRPORT (KLIT) TO HAVE ATC VERIFY HIS LANDING GEAR WAS OK, AND THE CONTROL TOWER SPOTTED NOTHING ABNORMAL. THE PILOT INSPECTED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR UPON LANDING, WHERE HE BELIEVED THE COYOTE HAD BEEN HIT, AND NO EVIDENCE OF THE ANIMAL WAS FOUND. THE PILOT INVOLVED IN THE WILDLIFE STRIKE AT SALINE COUNTY AIRPORT (KSUZ) FILED WILDLIFE STRIKE REPORT 20250716-0905020, AS REQUESTED BY THE AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR (ASI).

Other reports on N9587J · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.