- Date
- April 12, 1982, 19:30 local (Apr 13, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tetersboro, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6896TPiper Aerostar 602P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820412009159A
- Case key
- 72805
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - bird(s)Cause
Window,flight compartment window/windshield - overloadFactor
Analysis
While approaching the teterboro airport, the pilot encountered a bird strike which broke the windscreen. The pilot reported that he was partially blinded with blood and feathers. He regained his sight and landed the aircraft at teterboro.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6896T
- Reported as
- Piper Aerostar 602P (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 62P0922
- Airframe hours
- 214
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Metropolitian Airmotive Corp
- Registered owner
- Metropolitian Airmotive Corp
- Departed
- Akron, OH
- Destination
- Tetersboro, NJ
- Airport
- TEB · Tetersboro, runway 1, 7,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 118 °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.