- Date
- January 19, 1992, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Anacortes, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2742RPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920119004429I
- Case key
- 41593
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
A bird impacting the aircraft.
Analysis
While en route from eastsound, Washington, to everett, Washington, the Piper PA-28R-200 collided with a mallard. The aircraft was cruising at approximately 140 knots IAS at an altitude of approximately 1000 feet. The mallard penetrated the pilot's windscreen, passing through the upper cabin and aft bulkhead before coming to rest in the rear empennage area. The pilot, who sustained minor injuries and had his corrective lenses knocked off during the impact, was able to continue flight with backup glasses and successfully executed an emergency landing at arlington, Washington.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2742R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-35281
- Airframe hours
- 2,528
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morcom Aviation Services, Inc., doing business as Regal Air
- Registered owner
- John H. Gross
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1992 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- ORS · Eastsound, WA
- Destination
- PAE · Everett, WA
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 540 total · 82 in this make and model · 458 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NUW, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.