- Date
- December 13, 2013, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bowling Green, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N66CSPiper PA 28R-200
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Case key
- 88561
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Probable cause
A bird strike during takeoff.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was practicing 180-degree, power off landings. During a full power climb out, approximately 100 feet above the ground, a large bird flew in front of the airplane, from north to south. The bird and the leading edge of the left wing collided in flight. The pilot landed the airplane without further incident. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the left wing.
Factual narrative
The pilot was practicing 180-degree, power off landings. During a full power climb out, approximately 100 feet above the ground, a large bird flew in front of the airplane, from north to south. The bird and the leading edge of the left wing collided in flight. The pilot landed the airplane without further incident. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66CS
- Reported as
- Piper PA 28R-200 (200)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7335107
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 7,554.3
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Air Flying Club Inc
- Registered owner
- Eagle Air Flying Club Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 2013
- Departed
- 1G0 · Bowling Green, OH
- Destination
- 1G0 · Bowling Green, OH
- Airport
- 1G0 · Wood County Airport, runway 28, 4,199 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Age
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 0 total · 0 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.23 inHg
- Observed at
- KTOL, 14 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 31, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.6 MB in all.
Other investigations on N66CS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.