20260219001599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-214 · Grand Rapids, MI · February 19, 2026

Date: February 19, 2026 · 11:55 local
Place: Grand Rapids, MI
Airport: Gerald R. Ford International A
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: WX0A
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N247NV
Reported as: Airbus A320-214
Reported engine: CFM International CFM56-5B4/3
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,205 total

N247NVRegistered now · Airbus A320-214S/N 7704 · Built 2017 Airframe modelAirbus A320-214 Engine modelCFM International CFM56-5B4/3 seriesTurbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Grand Rapids, MI (grr): privacy data omitted, A320, pgd-grr, landed

Rwy 17 and upon post flight inspection, pilot

Reported a bird strike with damage to the leading

Edge of right wing. Arpt ops reported the acft is

Grounded at the moment this reported is being

Submitted. 02/19/2026 1855Z

Pilot's narrative:

"After landing and parking at gate B8 the avflight supervisor entered the flight deck and notified the fo and myself that it appeared the aircraft had hit a bird on the leading edge of the right wing. I verified the bird strike and notified dispatch, moc and grr ground control of the bird strike."

As the FAA filed it

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (GRR): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A320, PGD-GRR, LANDED

RWY 17 AND UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, PILOT

REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE WITH DAMAGE TO THE LEADING

EDGE OF RIGHT WING. ARPT OPS REPORTED THE ACFT IS

GROUNDED AT THE MOMENT THIS REPORTED IS BEING

SUBMITTED. 02/19/2026 1855Z

PILOT'S NARRATIVE:

"AFTER LANDING AND PARKING AT GATE B8 THE AVFLIGHT SUPERVISOR ENTERED THE FLIGHT DECK AND NOTIFIED THE FO AND MYSELF THAT IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT HAD HIT A BIRD ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. I VERIFIED THE BIRD STRIKE AND NOTIFIED DISPATCH, MOC AND GRR GROUND CONTROL OF THE BIRD STRIKE."