# Incident 20260711009129I: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, Tulsa, OK, July 11, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2026, 07:57 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: DF2S
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N619SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N619SC) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 564 total, 531 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260711009129I

## Narrative

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

TAKING OFF RUNWAY 19R, ACHIEVED 60 KNOTS FOR ROTATION, AS SP WAS  ROTATING IP NOTICED LARGE FLOCK OF SMALL BIRDS LEAVE THE GROUND AT APPX 0730 LOCAL TIME IN THE VICINITY OF THE RWY 19R, IP TOOK CONTROL AND REJECTED THE  ROTATION AND TAKEOFF. REPORTED INCIDENT TO TOWER, COMPLETED A POST FLIGHT INSPECTION AND FOUND 2 SEPARATE FEATHER/BLOOD MARKS INDICATING MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKES.

FILED A BIRD STRIKE REPORT WITH THE FAA, STRIKE REPORT: 2026-07-11-092332

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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