- Date
- October 22, 1988, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blue Springs, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50932Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881022049539A
- Case key
- 34715
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt said, while cruising over a water reservoir at about 500 feet AGL, he collided with two waterfowl, believed to be geese. One struck the wing tip, the other near the wing root. Acft control remained constant with no control problems encountered, and the plt was able to return to the airport and land without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50932
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274236
- Airframe hours
- 1,986
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hamilton Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hamilton Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1988 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- 3GV · Grain Valley, MO
- Destination
- 3GV
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 456 total · 101 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °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.