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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA5 · Elyria, OH · April 22, 1978

Date: April 22, 1978 · 14:10 local
Place: Elyria, OH
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N74304
Reported as: Gulstm AA5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N74304Registration cancelled Apr 24, 2018 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BS/N AA5B-0192 · Built 1975 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Bird strike at cruise destroyed windshield. Minor injury to passenger.

As the FAA filed it

BIRD STRIKE AT CRUISE DESTROYED WINDSHIELD. MINOR INJURY TO PASSENGER.

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