- Date
- September 24, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palacios, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47973Cessna 152II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820924049689A
- Case key
- 72140
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
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Object - bird(s)Cause
Precautionary landing - selectedFactor
Analysis
The aircraft collided with a large black bird (species unknown) while flying at 300 to 500 feet MSL. Impact occurred near the outboard end of the right wing. Immediately after the collision the pilot made a successful precautionary landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47973
- Reported as
- Cessna 152II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283265
- Airframe hours
- 754
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- W.F. Chapman
- Registered owner
- W.F. Chapman
- Departed
- Palacios, TX
- Destination
- Palacios, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 150 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.