ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355726
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| Date: | Thursday 19 June 1997 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  Van's RV-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N345JE |
| MSN: | 20847 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 483 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Woods Cross, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bountiful, UT (KBTF) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After initiating a go-around at 100 feet above ground level, the aircraft struck a bird on the pilot's side of the aircraft canopy. The bird penetrated the canopy and struck the pilot's face. The pilot retarded power and cleared his vision, and decided he would not be able to land without overrunning the runway into fences and deep ditches. He attempted to continue the go-around, but then noted an increase in aircraft vibration. He therefore elected to land the aircraft in a hay field just beyond the departure end of the runway. The grass was approximately 2 feet high in the forced landing field. The airplane flipped over during the forced landing.
Probable Cause: a bird strike, which penetrated the aircraft canopy. High grass (hay crop) in the forced landing area was a related factor.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA97LA145
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 April 2005 | N345JE | Private | 0 | Longmont, Colorado | |
sub |
| 20 August 2007 | N345JE | Private | 0 | Stockbridge, Georgia | |
sub |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 14:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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