- Date
- September 22, 2022, 20:30 local (Sep 23, 2022, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- South Jordan, UT · 3 mi final for runway 34 at U42
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2919UPiper PA-28RT-201
- Defining event
- Approach: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20220922016569A
- Case key
- 106012
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s inability to see and avoid a bird while landing in dark night conditions.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, while on final approach for the night landing, a bird struck and broke the right-side windshield, which resulted in substantial damage. The pilot continued with the approach and landed without further incident. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2919U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7918220
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 11,939
- Engine
- Lycoming IO360 SER A&C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 15, 2022
- Departed
- U42 · West Jordan, UT
- Destination
- U42 · West Jordan, UT
- Airport
- U42 · South Valley Regional
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 29, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 10 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KSLC, 9 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KSLC 230254Z 01004KT 10SM CLR 18/04 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP153 T01830039 53007
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 20, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.