Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DCA20CA010

Boise, ID, USA

Aircraft #1

N402QX

De Havilland DHC8

Analysis

Same as Factual Information

Factual Information

On October 29, 2019 at 1433 mountain daylight time, Horizon Air as flight 2337, a Bombardier De Havilland DHC8, N402QX, struck a bird during climb out from Boise Airport (KBOI), Boise, Idaho. After the collision, the flight crew saw visual evidence of the bird remains on the left wing, determined there were no indications of control problems, and decided to continue to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport (KSEA), Seattle, Washington, where the flight landed with no further incident. Postflight inspection of the airplane revealed that the the bird impact had partially severed the left wing leading edge composite structure and cracked the front spar web. The flight was operating was operating under 14 CFR Part 121 and there were no injuries to the 80 passengers and crew onboard.

Probable Cause and Findings

a bird strike during climb out.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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