Accident Cessna 207A VH-NIV, Wednesday 28 September 1988

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Date:	Wednesday 28 September 1988
Time:	12:41
Type:	Cessna 207A
Owner/operator:
Registration:	VH-NIV
MSN:	20700627
Year of manufacture:	1980
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	20km E of Oenpelli, NT - Australia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	YJAB
Destination airport:	YJAB
Investigating agency:	BASI
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot was conducting a sight-seeing flight and was returning to Jabiru at 6-700 ft above ground level. The pilot recalled seeing a bird just before it impacted the top of the windscreen. The bird did not enter the cockpit but the perspex was shattered. A large piece of windscreen attached to the compass electrical wires swung inwards and hit the pilot across the forehead, nose and mouth. He was wearing sunglasses at the time which may have protected his eyes from the debris. The pilot was able to control the aircraft normally although extra power was required to overcome the increased drag. The aircraft returned safely to the DEPARTURE airfield.

Accident investigation: