Some Significant Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, January1990 - April 2008
Some Significant Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, January1990 - April 2008

Author: Sandra E. Wright

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 105

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"The U.S. Department of Agriculture, through an interagency agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, compiles a database of all reported wildlife strikes to U.S. civil aircraft and to foreign carriers experiencing strikes in the USA. We have compiled over 82,057 strike reports from 1,418 USA airports and 207 foreign airports for January 1990 through December 2007 (7,666 strikes in 2007), but estimate that this represents only about 20% of the strikes that have occurred. The following examples from the database are presented to show the serious impacts that strikes by birds or other wildlife can have on aircraft. These examples, from throughout the USA, demonstrate the widespread and diverse nature of the problem. The examples are not intended to highlight or criticize individual airports because strikes have occurred on almost every airport in the USA. Many of the strike examples reported here occurred off airport property during approach or departure."--Page 1.

Some Significant Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, January 1990 - September 2010
Some Significant Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, January 1990 - September 2010

Author: Sandra E. Wright

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 126

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"The U.S. Department of Agriculture, through an interagency agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, compiles a database of all reported wildlife strikes to U.S. civil aircraft and to foreign carriers experiencing strikes in the USA. We have compiled 99,411 strike reports from 1,585 USA airports and 237 foreign airports for January 1990 through December 2009 (9,474 strikes in 2009), but estimate that this represents only about 39% of the strikes that have occurred. The following examples from the database are presented to show the serious impacts that strikes by birds or other wildlife can have on aircraft. These examples, from throughout the USA, demonstrate the widespread and diverse nature of the problem. The examples are not intended to highlight or criticize individual airports because strikes have occurred on almost every airport in the USA. Many of the strike examples reported here occurred off airport property during approach or departure. For more information on wildlife strikes or to report a strike, visit www.birdstrike.org. or http://wildlife.faa.gov."--Page 1.

Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States 1990-2003
Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States 1990-2003

Author: Edward C. Cleary

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Published: 2004

Total Pages: 72

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This report presents a summary analysis of data from the FAA's National Wildlife Strike Database for the 14-year period 1990 through 2003. Unless noted, all totals are for the 14-year period, and percentages are of the total known. Because of the large amount of data, Tables 2 through 17 present 14-year totals only and do not display data for individual years. In addition to the summary analysis for 1990 through 2003, a sample of significant wildlife strikes to civil aircraft in the USA during 2003 is presented at the end of the report. These strike examples demonstrate the widespread and diverse nature of the problem.

Some Significant Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, January 1990 - May 2005
Some Significant Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, January 1990 - May 2005

Author: Sandra E. Wright

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Published: 2005

Total Pages: 76

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"The U.S. Department of Agriculture, through an interagency agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration, compiles a database of all reported wildlife strikes to U.S. civil aircraft and to foreign carriers experiencing strikes in the USA. We have compiled over 61,000 strike reports from 1,508 USA airports, May 2005 (6,500 strikes in 2004), but estimate that this represents only about 20% of the strikes that have occurred. The following examples from the database are presented to show the serious impacts that strikes by birds or other wildlife can have on aircraft. These examples, from throughout the USA, demonstrate the widespread and diverse nature of the problem. The examples are not intended to highlight or criticize individual airports because strikes have occurred on almost every airport in the USA. Many of the strike examples reported here occurred off airport property during approach or departure."--Page 1.

Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States
Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States

Author: U.s. Department of Transportation

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-12

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9781494425760

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The 7,516 reported wildlife strikes to U.S. civil aircraft in 2008 brought the 19 year total of wildlife strikes between 1990 and 2008 to 89,727. Birds (97.4%) and terrestrial mammals (2.1%) were struck 72% of the time at or below 500 feet AGL and 92% of the time at or below 3,000 feet AGL. Both classes of animals were struck more often in the late summer/ autumn season. Fifty-one percent of bird strikes occurred between July and October while 61% of terrestrial mammal strikes occurred between July and November. Terrestrial mammals are more likely to be struck at night (64%) whereas birds are struck more often during the day (62%). Both birds (60%) and terrestrial mammals (55%) are more likely to be struck during the landing (i.e., descent, approach or landing roll) phase of flight compared to take-off and climb (37% and 34%, respectively).

Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States 1990-2012
Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States 1990-2012

Author: U.s. Department of Agriculture

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2014-02-19

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781495459108

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In 2012, the FAA and USDA continued to make great progress with its multifaceted approach for mitigating wildlife strikes. The FAA ensured that 100 percent of Part 139 airports have completed a Wildlife Hazard Assessment (WHA), are in the process of conducting a WHA, or have taken a Federal grant to conduct a WHA. Strike reporting continued to increase, especially with General Aviation (GA) aircraft, which increased strike reporting by 11 percent between 2011 and 2012. The FAA implemented three performance metrics to monitor strike reporting trends and GA wildlife mitigation. The performance metrics include percentage of damaging strikes, strike reporting rates, and tracking of General Aviation (GA) airports that conduct WHAs and site visits. We also issued a final Advisory Circular (AC) on strike reporting and draft ACs on WHA methodology and requirements for federally obligated public airports to conduct WHAs.