- Date
- April 12, 1975
- Place
- Iowa City, IA · IOWA CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7923YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750412008399A
- Case key
- 148579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0694 75/4/12 IOWA CITY,IA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 3436 TIME - 1800 N7923Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IOWA CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA IOWA CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- STRUCK FLOCK OF MALLARD DUCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7923Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Iowa City Muni
N7923YRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.