# NTSB SEA92IA040: Piper PA-28R-200, N2742R, Anacortes, WA, January 19, 1992

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1992, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Coordinates: 48.460109, -122.599403 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4601&lon=-122.5994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41593
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92IA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41593/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92IA040

## Probable cause

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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, cruise - normal
  - object - bird(s) (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2742R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2742R), registered now, S/N 28R-35281, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-35281
- Airframe hours: 2528
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19920119004429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920119004429I), Jan 19, 1992: Piper PA28R200, Anacortes, WA, Minor damage. Bird strike on windscreen at cruise altitude injured pilots left eye. Emergency landing at arlington municipal.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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