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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Miami, FL · March 1, 1997

Date: March 1, 1997 · 12:30 local
Place: Miami, FL
Airport: Dade-Collier Training Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5982Y
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total7,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N5982YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-3155 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 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.

Narrative: pilot was giving a flight review to a student in the instructors aircraft, PA23-250 when they hit a large bird 22 miles n/w of Dade Collier airport. The bird went through the nose cone and was logged in the baggage bay of aircraft. The flight returned to opa locka airport without further incident. No injury. No fire. NTSB states based on damage description not an accident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS GIVING A FLIGHT REVIEW TO A STUDENT IN THE INSTRUCTORS AIRCRAFT, PA23-250 WHEN THEY HIT A LARGE BIRD 22 MILES N/W OF DADE COLLIER AIRPORT. THE BIRD WENT THROUGH THE NOSE CONE AND WAS LOGGED IN THE BAGGAGE BAY OF AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO OPA LOCKA AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURY. NO FIRE. NTSB STATES BASED ON DAMAGE DESCRIPTION NOT AN ACCIDENT.