- Date
- March 29, 2022, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Rome, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N808YFExtra 300
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220329004779A
- Case key
- 104890
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
An inflight collision with a bird while conducting low level aerobatics.
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 aerobatics (about 400- 600 ft above ground level) when a “large” bird impacted the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer, which resulted in substantial damage. The airplane rolled and yawed slightly after the impact, but the pilot was able to maintain control of the airplane and land immediately without incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N808YF
- Reported as
- Extra 300 (LC)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LC044
- Built
- 2015
- Airframe hours
- 743.5
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A, 315 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 2022 · 8 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- RMG
- Equipment
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 4, 2021
- Seat
- Rear
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 5,800 total · 500 in this make and model · 3,300 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- KRMG
- METAR
- METAR KRMG 291453Z AUTO 14003KT 9SM FEW080 14/00 A3019
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 31, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.