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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · Wisonville, OR · May 29, 2018

Date: May 29, 2018 · 18:55 local
Place: Wisonville, OR
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3193A
Reported as: Cessna 170B
Reported engine: Continental C145 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 27,900 total1,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N3193ARegistered now · Cessna 170BS/N 25837 · Built 1953 Airframe modelCessna 170B Engine modelContinental C145 seriesReciprocating

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.

PIC was on a VFR flight from 7S9 to S36 level at 2,000 traveling northbound. PIC reports seeing a drone at his one o?clock position just prior to impacting the right wingtip. PIC reports no adverse control issues and did not see any damage. Flight continued to S36 without incident. After landing, a visual inspection of the aircraft was accomplished. The right wingtip was damaged and the outer right leading edge of the wing showed an impact point.

Clackamas county sheriff was dispatched to search for the drone without success.

As the FAA filed it

PIC WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM 7S9 TO S36 LEVEL AT 2,000 TRAVELING NORTHBOUND. PIC REPORTS SEEING A DRONE AT HIS ONE O?CLOCK POSITION JUST PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE RIGHT WINGTIP. PIC REPORTS NO ADVERSE CONTROL ISSUES AND DID NOT SEE ANY DAMAGE. FLIGHT CONTINUED TO S36 WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING, A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE RIGHT WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED AND THE OUTER RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF THE WING SHOWED AN IMPACT POINT.

CLACKAMAS COUNTY SHERIFF WAS DISPATCHED TO SEARCH FOR THE DRONE WITHOUT SUCCESS.