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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-214 · Sioux Falls, SD · March 7, 2026

Date
March 7, 2026 · 19:15 local
Place
Sioux Falls, SD
Airport
Joe Foss Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WX0A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N286NV
Reported as
Airbus A320-214
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56-5B4/3
People aboard
175
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

At approximately 4,000', 8 NM from kfsd, the aircraft flew through a flock of geese. Damage to #1 engine cowl and f/o's windscreen wiper. Flight landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 4,000', 8 NM FROM KFSD, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW THROUGH A FLOCK OF GEESE. DAMAGE TO #1 ENGINE COWL AND F/O'S WINDSCREEN WIPER. FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.