# Incident 20120609022199I: Vouga Greg M RV-7A, Raleigh, NC, June 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2012, 10:35 local time
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N614GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vouga Greg M RV-7A (registry code 05624OA, https://openairdocs.org/model/vouga-greg-m-rv-7a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-B1C (registry code 41880, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-b1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VOUGA GREG M RV-7A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-B1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,198 total, 835 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120609022199I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KTTA AT 10:15AM. IN A FORMATION OF 6 AIRCRAFT TO MAKE PASSES OVER THE DORTON ARENA, JUST OUTSIDE RDU.  SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS IN POSITION #6, (RT. WING).  INBOUND, A LARGE BIRD (BELIEVED TO BE A HAWK) IMPACTED THE WINDSCREEN SHATTERING IT AND SOME OF THE BIRD ENTERED THE COCKPIT/CABIN. PILOT CALLED MAYDAY TO OTHERS IN THE FORMATION AND REQUESTED OTHERS TO CONTACT RDU TOWER TO ADVISE HE WAS "HEADING THEIR WAY".   PILOT TUNED 121.5 AND TRANSMITTED MAYDAY AND HIS INTENTIONS TO LAND AT RDU. DIALED 7700 ON TRANSPONDER. LANDED ON RUNWAY 32. TOWER ADVISED PILOT OF HEAVY SMOKE. PILOT ADVISED THAT SMOKE GENERATOR SYSTEM WAS NOT DISARMED.   ALTITUDE AT BIRD IMPACT WAS 1100FT. AGL       ORIGINAL DESTINATION KHBI

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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