20130913016469A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Princeton, MN · September 13, 2013

Date: September 13, 2013 · 13:00 local
Place: Princeton, MN
Airport: Princeton Municipal
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: TBDA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N526PU
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN13CA550
Reported as: Piper PA-28-161
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,423 total2,000 in this make and model118 in the last 90 days

N526PURegistered now · Piper PA-28-161S/N 2841191 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161

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.

On an instructional flight after completing a manuever at approximately 1000 feet AGL, the right horizontal stabilizer was struck by a large bird, causing substantial damage to the tail of the aircraft. The flight instructor took over control of the aircraft from the student and proceeded to land the aircraft at the nearest airport (pnm).

As the FAA filed it

ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AFTER COMPLETING A MANUEVER AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET AGL, THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE BIRD, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE STUDENT AND PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT (PNM).

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN13CA550Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPrinceton, MNAn in-flight collision with a bald eagle.Sep 13, 2013 · Substantial damage