What was found
AIRCRAFT HIT A BIRD ON APPROACH DURING FAR 61/91 TRAINING. CREW ABANDONED APPROACH AND RETURNED WITH NO PROBLEMS. FOUND BENT RIGHT PITOT TUBE AND 1 LANDING/TAXI LIGHT BROKEN.
- Difficulty date
- July 12, 2015
- Submitted
- July 14, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N713WT
- Make and model
- Piper PA31350
- Aircraft serial
- 317752138
- Aircraft time
- 9,212 hours
- Engine
- Lyc LTIO540J2BD
- Engine time
- 2,499 hours
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCE3YR2A
- System (JASC)
- 3411 · Pitot/Static System
- Part
- Pitot Tube
- Condition
- Bent
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 9,212 hours
- Stage of operation
- AP
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- C
- Precautionary procedure
- L, A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.