- Date
- August 12, 1967
- Place
- Morganton, NC · MORGANTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8174YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115117
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2676 67/8/12 MORGANTON,NC PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 491 TIME - 1716 N8174Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 171 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEBB SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- STRUCK LARGE BIRD OVER FIELD, LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8174Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Webb Site
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