- Date
- May 22, 1982, 18:00 local (May 23, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73056Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820522018669A
- Case key
- 70075
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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 pilot stated that while looking out the left side window something impacted the windshield causing broken plexiglass to enter the cabin and injure both the pilot and the passenger. He then noticed that the airspeed was low and proceeded to lower the nose of the aircraft and apply throttle. A second windshield strike was reported to have occurred during an attempted emergency landing when the pilot failed to see wires. A witness reported seeing the aircraft flying low and hit the wires. There were no feathers or bird remains found in the aircraft after it made an uneventful landing at corvallis, Oregon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73056
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10268
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry W. Well
- Registered owner
- Larry W. Well
- Departed
- CUS · Corvallis, OR
- Destination
- SLE · Salem, OR
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 860 total · 387 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.