- Date
- November 7, 1973
- Place
- Corpus Chrsti, TX · CORPUS CHRSTI, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55848Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731107037459A
- Case key
- 188059
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3501 73/11/7 NR.CORPUS CHRSTI,TEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 384 TIME - 2230 N55848 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE,TEX WACO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH LARGE FLOCK OF BIRDS WHILE CLBG THRU 4000FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55848
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.