# Incident 19801217087659I: Piper PA60601, Lake Charles, LA, December 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1980, 18:15 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8083J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8083J-2012-12-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 7106010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801217087659I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED BIRD STRIKE, PILOT INJURED AS BIRD CAME THROUGH WINDSHIELD.

## Other reports on N8083J (1)

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

- [Accident 19850504020329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850504020329A), May 4, 1985: Piper PA60601 (N8083J), Balmorhea, TX, Destroyed. Landed in pasture and collided with concrete culvert. Dragged to nearby barn, with vehicle. Illegal operation.

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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