# Incident 19921228055809I: Piper PA34200, San Marcos, TX, December 28, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1992, 20:25 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: QRFS
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56770, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56770-2011-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,410 total, 74 in this make and model, 293 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921228055809I

## Narrative

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

ON A MISSED APPROACH TO AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE ON WINDSHIELD. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N56770 (2)

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

- [Incident 19940409011139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940409011139I), Apr 9, 1994: Piper PA34200 (N56770), New Braunfels, TX, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed on rollout.
- [Incident 19930415014279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930415014279I), Apr 15, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N56770), New Braunfels, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collpased on touch and go . Bolt connecting nose gear drag link assembly to nose gear had fractured.

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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