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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Des Moines, IA · April 5, 1987

Date: April 5, 1987 · 20:30 local
Place: Des Moines, IA
Airport: Des Moines International
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N75298
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,200 total200 in this make and model

N75298Registered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7680287 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

A bird struck the top corner of the windshield at 2000 MSL. Piece of windshield broken out.

As the FAA filed it

A BIRD STRUCK THE TOP CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD AT 2000 MSL. PIECE OF WINDSHIELD BROKEN OUT.