A Cessna 172 that crashed in in Alaska in April, killing all four on board, had struck a bald eagle, the NTSB found in its ongoing investigation. The lead investigator said this week it appears to be the first U.S. fatal crash for a civil flight resulting from a bald eagle strike, according to an Alaska Dispatch News report.Residue that appeared to be remains of a bird was found and analyzed, NTSB officials said in the report, "and it was determined to contain feather particles of an immature bald eagle."
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