- Date
- February 15, 1983, 19:15 local (Feb 16, 1983, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pickens, SC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8472EPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830215004369A
- Case key
- 6009
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with two birds while cruising at 6000 ft MSL. The weather was VFR but the acft was on IFR flt plan. The acfts left wing was damaged but there were no injuries. The plt stated that although he heard a thud on the left side of the acft he was unaware of damage until after he landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8472E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8233044
- Airframe hours
- 489
- Engine
- Continental TISO-360-KO, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Atlanta Executive Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 1982 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- AVL · Ashville, NC
- Destination
- LQK · Dickens, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- LQK · Pickens County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 572 total · 23 in this make and model · 479 as pilot in command · 168 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.