- Date
- June 18, 1978
- Place
- Fresno, CA · FRESNO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5674YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780618017059A
- Case key
- 141214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1466 78/6/18 NR.FRESNO,CA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 1518 TIME - 1700 N5674Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLAGSTAFF,AR FRESNO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION REMARKS- HIT BIRDS 16 NM N FRESNO,TYPE BIRD UNREPORTED,LDG FRESNO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5674Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.