What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft collided with bird during cruise flight.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH BIRD DURING CRUISE FLIGHT.
FAA incident report · Piper PA60601P · Torrington, MA · September 17, 1984
- Date
- September 17, 1984 · 14:16 local
- Place
- Torrington, MA
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N12BF
- Reported as
- Piper PA60601P
- Reported engine
- Lycoming IO540S1A5
- People aboard
- 1
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 3,000 total250 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days
N12BFRegistered now · Piper AEROSTAR 601PAirframe modelPiper AEROSTAR 601PEngine modelAllison 250 series
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.