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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Lake Charles, LA · September 14, 1987

Date: September 14, 1987 · 10:45 local
Place: Lake Charles, LA
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4973B
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total1,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N4973BRegistration cancelled May 11, 2015 · Cessna 152S/N 15283733 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 152 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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 buzzard broke the windshield during low level pipeline patrol. Uanble to maintain altitude. Off airport landing.

As the FAA filed it

A BUZZARD BROKE THE WINDSHIELD DURING LOW LEVEL PIPELINE PATROL. UANBLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. OFF AIRPORT LANDING.