# Accident 20101108050709A: Bombardier DHC-8-402, Los Angeles, CA, November 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2010, 14:06 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 34.2364° N, 118.3397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2364&lon=-118.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N422QX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N422QX-2023-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier DHC-8-402 (registry code 1390042, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-dhc-8-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A (registry code 52167, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw150a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER DHC-8-402
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW150A
- People aboard: 81
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101108050709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT'S STATEMENT: "DURING FINAL APPROACH INTO LAX AT ABOUT 6600 FEET AND 220 KTS, A BIRD STRUCK THE RIGHT WING LEADNG EDGE ABOUT 15 FEET FROM THE WING TIP - FUEL TANK IS RUPTURED".

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR11LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA042), Nov 8, 2010: Bombardier DHC-8-402 (N422QX), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with a bird.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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