Piper PA-23-250 N900AM

Summary

On 27 August 2015 at about 16:10 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N900AM, operated by Aerial Imaging Inc, was involved in an incident near Joliet, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 August 2015 at 16:10

Classification

Incident

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

41.5778, -88.1731

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N900AM

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

2

Operator

Aerial Imaging Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aurora → South Bend

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN15IA385

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane was in cruise flight at 2,500 ft above mean sea level (1,920 ft above ground level) when he heard a "bang" and felt a jolt in the flight controls. He noted no abnormal flight characteristics, so he continued the flight and landed without incident. After landing, minor damage to the leading edge of the left horizontal stabilizer was observed. Microscopic examination of the damaged area revealed several feather barbs consistent with remnants from the Columbidae bird family, which includes doves and pigeons.  

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.