- Date
- November 22, 1985, 19:45 local (Nov 23, 1985, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- West Point, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54236Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851122077479A
- Case key
- 30269
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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 acft was returning to university park arpt after passengers were dropped off at waterbury oxford arpt. Aprx 20 minutes into the flt, the acft collided with two birds. The left wing tip was damaged along with a portion of a section of the left wing 3 1/2 inboard. The acft continued onto the destination and a landing was made without incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54236
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7554030
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nittany Air Charter Serv. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 1985 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- Waterbury, CT
- Destination
- State College, PA
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 900 in this make and model · 2,537 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.