- Date
- March 26, 1972
- Place
- Lower Lake, CA · LOWER LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7667WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166512
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1119 72/3/26 LOWER LAKE,CALIF PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2030 N7667W PX- 0 0 3 PRACTICE AGE 52, 7490 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 652 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARCE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWER LAKE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- 800FT AGL.AN OWL OR A HAWK OF LARGE SIZE HIT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7667W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pearce Field
N7667WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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