- Date
- August 21, 2026, 14:46 local (18:46 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Washington, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6969PPiper PA24
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260821011339A
- Case key
- 203648
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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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.
BirdstrikePiper PA-24-250: 1 caseAll aircraft: 253 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6969P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24 (250)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2111
- Built
- 1960
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airport
- VKX · Potomac Airfield, runway 24, 2,665 × 40 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
N6969PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.