- Date
- June 23, 2024, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Laurens, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60DFConstruzioni Aeronautiche Tecn P2004 Bravo
- Defining event
- Enroute: 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
- 20240623007749A
- Case key
- 194534
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 in-flight collision with a bird while in cruise flight.
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 reported that about 10 minutes after departure, while in cruise flight, a bird impacted the leading edge of the left wing. The impact resulted in substantial damage to the wing structure. The pilot assessed the damage and determined that he could continue to his destination airport, where he landed without further issue. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60DF
- Reported as
- Construzioni Aeronautiche Tecn P2004 Bravo
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 060
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 1,209.6
- Engine
- Rotax 912 ULS, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 2023 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- GRD · Greenwood, SC
- Destination
- LUX · Laurens, SC
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 20, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.90 inHg
- Turbulence
- Light
- Observed at
- LUX
- METAR
- KLUX 231915Z AUTO 21010KT 10SM CLR 34/18 A2990 RMK AO2
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 25, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 13.1 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.