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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Newport, RI · February 4, 2016

Date
February 4, 2016 · 19:24 local
Place
Newport, RI
Airport
Newport State
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N102WM
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA126
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,599 total1,918 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft struck multiple birds of unknown type on short final approach into kuuu. Multiple points of impact on right wing outboard of nacelle. Aircraft continued approach and landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK MULTIPLE BIRDS OF UNKNOWN TYPE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH INTO KUUU. MULTIPLE POINTS OF IMPACT ON RIGHT WING OUTBOARD OF NACELLE. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED APPROACH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

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