- Date
- October 13, 1969
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6385YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152775
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4215 69/10/13 DES MOINES,IOWA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3745 TIME - 2110 N6385Y PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1800 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOPEKA,KANS DES MOINES,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- HIT FLOCK OF LARGE BIRDS AT 3500FT MSL,PLT RCVD ADVISORY FROM ARTC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6385Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage