N658FT is a 2024 Piper PA-28-181. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 4 seats, powered by a Lycoming IO-360-B4A rated at 180 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Melbourne, FL. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Jul 2024. It has been registered to its current owner since Aug 2024. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 2 years old
- 1 of 3,619 Piper PA-28-181
2024
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The flight instructor reported that shortly after departure, while enroute at 1,000 ft mean sea level, she observed a large black bird on their flight path. The flight instructor took positive control of the airplane and attempted a right turn to evade the bird, but the bird impacted the leading edge of the left wing before she could complete the evasive maneuver. The flight instructor continued to fly the airplane, selected the right tank and requested a long landing. She delayed deploying the flaps until immediately over the runway where they landed safely. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the left wing had been substantially damaged.
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About the Piper PA-28-181
About the modelThe Archer — a four-seat Cherokee with the later tapered wing, which softened the handling of the earlier constant-chord aircraft. Still in production and widely used for training.
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and 1 more registered to the same entity in FL.