# NTSB investigations, CO: Birdstrike

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN24LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA129.md): American Eurocopter AS350B3 · Fort Morgan, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 5, 2024 · N853MB · Substantial damage
  > An inflight collision with birds while on approach.
- [NTSB CEN23LA394](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA394.md): Textron 172S · Englewood, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 2, 2023 · N20818 · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with multiple geese during initial climb.
- [NTSB CEN23LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA203.md): Nanchang CJ6 · Windsor, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 25, 2023 · N443LM · Substantial damage
  > An inflight collision with a bird while on initial climb.
- [NTSB DCA21LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21LA120.md): Vans RV-7 · Boulder, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 10, 2021 · N137RV · Substantial damage
  > a bird strike.
- [NTSB GAA17CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA060.md): Cessna 172 · Englewood, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 7, 2016 · N6026Z · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with multiple birds.
- [NTSB CEN12IA502](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12IA502.md): Boeing 737-924ER · Denver, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 2012 · N37420 · Minor damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird during descent to land, which resulted in damage to the left pitot tube and loss of airspeed information to the left and right primary flight displays (PFD). The reason for the total loss of indications on the left PFD could…
- [NTSB ENG11IA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA051.md): Boeing 757-222 · Denver, CO · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 2011 · N526UA · Minor damage
  > **This probable cause was modified on 4/5/2012. Please see the public docket for this accident to view the original probable cause.** The initial damage to the fan blades was caused by the ingestion of a Red-Tailed Hawk that caused one or more fan blades to…
- [NTSB DEN08FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA072.md): Bombardier CL-600-2B16 · Colorado Spring, CO · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 8, 2008 · N483BA · Substantial damage
  > the impact with a bird during initial takeoff climb.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '901' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent"))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence?state=CO

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