# Accident 19971122038629A: Piper PA28140, Lakeville, MN, November 22, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1997, 20:30 local time
- Place: Lakeville, MN
- Airport: Airlake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6279° N, 93.2281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIRLAKE (LVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6279&lon=-93.2281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1447H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1447H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0320-E3D (registry code 42398, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0320-e3d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 511 total, 210 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971122038629A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT ON APPROACH AT NIGHT STRUCK MULTIPLE GEESE. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO VERTICAL FIN LEADING EDGE, AND IN ENGINE COWLING. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. BIRD STRIKE ON APPROACH. SEE ABOVE. (-23) PILOT ON APPROACH AT NIGHT STRUCK MULTIPLE GEESE. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO VERTICAL FIN LEADING EDGE, AND IN ENGINE COWLING.  LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA045), Nov 23, 1997: Piper PA-28 (N1447H), Lakeville, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: geese that were encounter on an ILS final approach. Darkness was a related factor.

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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