What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Bird struck right windshield and entered cockpit.
As the FAA filed it
BIRD STRUCK RIGHT WINDSHIELD AND ENTERED COCKPIT.
FAA incident report · Piper PA31325 · Houston, TX · October 15, 1981
- Date
- October 15, 1981 · 19:30 local
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Airport
- Hobby
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N27634
- Reported as
- Piper PA31325
- Reported engine
- Lycoming TIO540*
- People aboard
- 4
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 3,200 total500 in this make and model280 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.