FTW81IA058

NTSB incident investigation · Embraer 110P1 · Lafayette, LA · March 25, 1981

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
March 25, 1981
Place
Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
Injuries
8 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N691RAEmbraer 110P1
Status
Completed · report April 20, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
126599

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0019  81/3/25  NR.LAFAYETTE,LA       EMBRAER 110P1       CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2020                    N691RA              PX-  0  0  6  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      31, 5258 TOTAL HOURS, 33
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAFAYETTE,LA                NEW ORLEANS,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           BIRD STRIKE                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION

Aircraft

Registration
N691RA
Reported as
Embraer 110P1
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Minor damage

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.