- Date
- October 20, 1985, 10:33 local (14:33 UTC)
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43794Piper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851020056819A
- Case key
- 30252
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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
Visual lookout - not possibleCause
Acft/equip inadequate,visual restrictionCause
Analysis
The acft collided with a large bird while in cruise flt. The leading edge of the ry wing was damaged. The acft was landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43794
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2817703314
- Engine
- Continental TSI0360FBI, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark B.Levy
- Registered owner
- Phil Mark Aviation,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Destination
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
N43794Registered now · Piper PA-28R-201TAirframe modelPiper PA-28R-201TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 542 total · 435 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.