# NTSB ATL83LA104: Piper PA-34-220T, N8472E, Pickens, SC, February 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1983, 19:15 local (Feb 16, 1983, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Pickens, SC
- Coordinates: 34.880916, -82.699089 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8809&lon=-82.6991&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6009/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA104

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, cruise - normal
  - object - bird(s) (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8472E-1990-04-27), registration cancelled 1990-04-27, S/N 348233044 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-220T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (registry code 7103420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-8233044
- Airframe hours: 489
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830215004369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830215004369A), Feb 15, 1983: Piper PA34220T, Pickens, SC, Substantial damage. Aircraft suffered bird strike on left engine and left wing during cruise flight.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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