# Accident 20100507033639A: Piper PA-31-350, Bethel, AK, May 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2010, 19:15 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ENHA
- Location: 60.2169° N, 162.0167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.2169&lon=-162.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77HV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77HV-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,022 total, 1,650 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100507033639A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT, ENROUTE FROM EMMONAK TO BETHEL WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY TWO BIRDS. ONE STRIKE DAMAGED THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE CAUSING WING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. ANOTHER STRIKE IMPACTED THE RH COCKPIT WINDSHIELD, GOING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AND THROUGH THE RH INTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS  NOT INJURED. THE PILOT SAFELY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN BETHEL.

## 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 ANC10CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA031), May 8, 2010: Piper PA-31-350 (N77HV), Eek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collisions with two Cackling Geese (Branta Hutchinsii).

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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