- Date
- April 14, 2016, 09:17 local (14:17 UTC)
- Place
- Moorestown, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N958HPCessna 182
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160414005259A
- Case key
- 93046
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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Probable cause
An in-flight bird strike, which resulted in wind screen damage.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported during day visual meteorological conditions, he struck a goose at an altitude of about 2000 mean sea level while in cruise flight. The wind screen was shattered after the impact. The pilot further reported that he continued to the nearest airport and landed without further incident. A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the wind screen. According to the pilot there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported during day visual meteorological conditions, he struck a goose at an altitude of about 2000 mean sea level while in cruise flight. The wind screen was shattered after the impact. The pilot further reported that he continued to the nearest airport and landed without further incident. A postaccident examination revealed substantial damage to the wind screen. According to the pilot there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N958HP
- Reported as
- Cessna 182 (R)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267923
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 16,656.6
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert E. Metzger
- Registered owner
- Brentco Aerial Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 23, 2016
- Departed
- AOH · Lima, OH
- Destination
- PHN · Port Huron, MI
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- HTL · Roscommon County - Blodgett Me
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system
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
- 58
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 25, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 21,307 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 21,024 as pilot in command · 151 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days · 6.6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.38 inHg
- Observed at
- KGOV, 19 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 31, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 580 KB in all.
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 N958HP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.