# Incident 20250917017809I: Convair 340, Waterford, MI, September 17, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2025, 17:30 local time
- Place: Waterford, MI
- Airport: Oakland County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: VGCA
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N351FL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N351FL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340 (registry code 242270A, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 501-D22G (registry code 03116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-501-d22g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 340
- Reported engine: ALLISON 501-D22G
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250917017809I

## Narrative

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

BIRD STRIKE 9-17-2025 TRAINING FLIGHT PTK. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD. MAINTENANCE FOUND DAMAGE ON RT WING LEADING EDGES. REPLACED RH LEADING EDGES #3 AND 4. IAW CV580 AMM. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. LOG PAGE AND WILDLIFE REPORT ATTACHED TO TASK RECORD. ORIGINALLY THIS WAS AN OCCURRENCE AND RECLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT IAW 8900.1 VOLUME 7 CHAPTER 1 SECTION 2 DUE TO DAMAGE TO RT WING.

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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