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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA36300 · Rexburg, ID · June 10, 1980

Date
June 10, 1980 · 12:30 local
Place
Rexburg, ID
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N59666
Reported as
Piper PA36300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total610 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Takeoff path over golf range. Golf ball came through the windshield, struck pilot in the chest.

As the FAA filed it

TAKEOFF PATH OVER GOLF RANGE. GOLF BALL CAME THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, STRUCK PILOT IN THE CHEST.