# Accident 20250927016259A: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28R-201, Okechobbee, FL, September 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Okechobbee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECPS
- Location: 27.2657° N, 80.8550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2657&lon=-80.8550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8586A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8586A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102833, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 (registry code 41833, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1c6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT INC PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,230 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA377) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250927016259A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 27, AT 1530 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-28R-201 AIRCRAFT, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHILE RETURNING FROM AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT NEAR OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH A LARGE BLACK BIRD ON THE RIGHT-WING LEADING EDGE. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN THREE ADJACENT WING RIBS BEING BENT AND THE WING SUSTAINING A DENT. THERE WERE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD (POB) AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA377), Sep 27, 2025: Piper PA28R (N8586A), Okeechobee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Collision with a bird during cruise flight.

## Other reports on N8586A (1)

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

- [Incident 20181116022569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181116022569I), Nov 16, 2018: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28R-201 (N8586A), Vero Beach, FL, No damage. SFY662, PA28, reported a bird strike while holding short of runway 30L. Aircraft taxied back to the ramp without incident. 11/16/2018 1232Z

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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