- Date
- October 23, 1979
- Place
- Cold Springs, MN · COLD SPRINGS, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62818Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791023029349A
- Case key
- 133587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2730 79/10/23 NR.COLD SPRINGS,MN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0730 N62818 PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 35, 7440 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2148 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MN FERGUS FALLS,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62818
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N62818Registered now · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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