# Incident 19890325011919I: Piper PA46310P, Bloomington-Nor, IL, March 25, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1989, 19:25 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9103Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9103Z-2006-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890325011919I

## Narrative

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

LARGE BIRD STRUCK THE RIGHT WING DURING LANDING APPROACH WITH LANDING LIGHT ON. DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE AND RADAR.

## Other reports on N9103Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20040223002899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040223002899A), Feb 23, 2004: Piper PA46310P (N9103Z), Arlington, AL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On Monday, February 23, 2004 at 8:49 CST N9103Z, a Piper PA-46-310P on an IFR flight plan from panama city, FL (pfn) to tulsa, ok (rvs), broke up…

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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