Piper PA-28R-201 N285MG

Summary

On 24 June 2023 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-28R-201 registered N285MG, operated by Middle Georgia State University, was involved in an accident near Macon, Georgia, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

24 June 2023 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Macon, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

MacOn Downtown (MAC)

Coordinates

32.8218, -83.5619

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-201

Registration

N285MG

Category

Airplane

Year built

2017

Engines

1

Operator

Middle Georgia State University

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA23LA303

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot receiving instruction, he had initiated the upwind-to-crosswind turn in the airport traffic pattern. With the left wing raised in the right turn, a bird came into the pilot’s view and struck the left wing before the pilot could initiate an evasive maneuver. The flight instructor assumed control of the airplane, completed the traffic pattern and the landing without injury to the occupants or damage beyond that resulting from the bird strike. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed that the left wing was substantially damaged.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.