# Accident 20100411031429A: Piper PA-24-180, Middlefield, OH, April 11, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Middlefield, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4497° N, 81.0631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4497&lon=-81.0631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6314P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6314P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100411031429A

## Narrative

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

LEAVING 3000MSL DOWN TO 2700MSL ACFT WAS STRUCK BY A BALD EAGLE.  BIRD'S LEFT WING WAS SEVERED BY PROP BLADE.  NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO PROP OR SPINNER.  CONTACTED THE ENGINE COWLING, WENT THROUGH THE #2 WINDSHIELD.  DAMAGE OCURRED TO #2 W/S FRAME AND FUSELAGE AREA, AND A/C INTERIOR.  FUSELAGE DAMAGE HAS RESULTED IN THE CABIN DOOR NOT CLOSING PROPERLY.  COWLING DAMAGE RESULTED IN THE TOP CENTER ENGINE MOUNT TO PARTIALLY PULL AWAY FROM THE FIREWALL AND THE FIREWALL TO BECOME DISTORTED ALONG THE TOP AND RIGHT SIDE AREA RESULTING IN THE COWLING NOT CLOSING PROPERLY ONCE OPENED.

## 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 CEN10CA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA202), Apr 11, 2010: Piper PA-24-180 (N6314P), Middlefield, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent in-flight collision with a bird.

## Other reports on N6314P (1)

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

- [Incident 19840612066769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840612066769I), Jun 12, 1984: Piper PA24 (N6314P), Ravenna, OH, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gears landed gears 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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