# Incident 20250922016629I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Cloquet, MN, September 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2025, 11:16 local time
- Place: Cloquet, MN
- Airport: Cloquet Carlton County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7011° N, 92.5036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLOQUET/CARLTON COUNTY (COQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7011&lon=-92.5036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N896DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N896DF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B4A (registry code 41867, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250922016629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RECIEVING TRAINING FOR AN INSTRUMENT RATING AND HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE LEVELING-OFF IN IMC CONDITIONS. A BIRD STRUCK THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING, LEAVING A DENT TO THE SURFACE BUT NO RIB/SPAR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT OF ORIGIN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO SNARGE WAS RECOVERED.

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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