# NTSB investigations, PA: 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 ERA22LA403](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA403.md): Piper PA28R · Toughkenamon, PA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 2, 2022 · N78QB · Substantial damage
  > The airplane’s impact with a bird while entering the traffic pattern.
- [NTSB DCA14CA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14CA147.md): Dehavilland DHC 8 102 · Harrisburg, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 10, 2014 · N815EX · Substantial damage
  > the airplanes collision with geese during the takeoff roll.
- [NTSB DCA14CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14CA031.md): De Havilland DHC8 - 102 · Philadelphia, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 25, 2013 · N808EX · Substantial damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with several birds during approach that resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.
- [NTSB ERA12LA557](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA557.md): Piper PA-31-325 · Washington, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 9, 2012 · N3591P · Substantial damage
  > The airplane’s encounter with a flock of geese during takeoff, which resulted in the airplane’s hard impact with the runway while the pilot maneuvered in an attempt to avoid the geese.

## 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" = 'PA' 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=PA

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