- Date
- June 30, 1984, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71879Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840630033239A
- Case key
- 21399
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a x-country flight the acft experienced a bird strike. The plt elected to return to the departure airfield for a precautionary landing. She made two hard landings on the first approach and then recovered and made a go-around. On the next approach she made a normal landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71879
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259789
- Airframe hours
- 2,254
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R25, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Polish Blue Aero Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1984
- Departed
- T04 · Georgetown, TX
- Destination
- ACT · Waco, TX
- Airport
- T04 · Georgetown Municipal, runway 29, 4,100 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 35 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N71879 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.