- Date
- February 4, 1989, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hammonton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6299KCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890204007259A
- Case key
- 36375
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Probable cause
A bird strike shortly after takeoff.
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 flight instructor and with a student pilot in control of the acft took off and at approximately 500 feet AGL, 4 pound bird flew through the left side windshield striking the student pilot on the left side of the face. The flight instructor was not injured. The flight instructor took control of the aircraft, made a 180 degree turn and immediately landed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6299K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077630
- Airframe hours
- 1,413
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn P. Daly
- Registered owner
- Glen Daly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1988 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- N18 · Hammonton, NJ
- Airport
- N81
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,069 total · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.