Piper PA-31-350 N4083Y

Summary

On 7 March 2012 at about 05:45 local time, a Piper PA-31-350 registered N4083Y, operated by Laboratory Corp of America Holdings, was involved in an accident near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 March 2012 at 05:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Dekalb Peachtree Airport (PDK)

Coordinates

33.8758, -84.3019

Aircraft

Piper PA-31-350

Registration

N4083Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Laboratory Corp of America Holdings

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → Birmingham

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ERA12CA218

Nobody was injured.

An in-flight collision with birds during cruise flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was in cruise flight at 6,000 feet mean sea level when birds hit the top center section of the windscreen, shattered it, and entered the cockpit. The pilot declared an emergency and requested an instrument flight rules clearance back to his departure airport. The clearance was approved, and the airplane arrived at the departure airport without further incident. Examination of the airplane revealed that the vertical stabilizer received substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.