# NTSB investigations, 2014: 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 DCA15WA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA212.md): Boeing 737 · Lahore, Pakistan · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Dec 30, 2014 · AP-BJN · Minor damage
  > The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on December 30, 2014. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist PCAA's investigation under the provisions…
- [NTSB DCA15CA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15CA037.md): Boeing 737 · Baltimore, MD · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 13, 2014 · N7710A · Substantial damage
  > an inadvertent encounter with birds during approach to land that resulted in substantial damage.
- [NTSB CEN15CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA039.md): Robinson Helicopter R66 · Baton Rouge, LA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 29, 2014 · N67GA · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight bird strike.
- [NTSB CEN15CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA041.md): Cessna 510 · Faribault, MN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 27, 2014 · N510PT · Substantial damage
  > An inflight collision with a goose while descending to land at the destination airport.
- [NTSB ERA14CA419](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA419.md): Dehavilland DHC 6 Twin Otter · Pepperell, MA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 23, 2014 · N202EH · Substantial damage
  > An inadvertent collision with a bird, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing.
- [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 WPR14CA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA276.md): Christen Industries A 1 · Moses Lake, WA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 22, 2014 · N2914Q · Substantial damage
  > The airplane impacted a bird during low level flight.
- [NTSB CEN14LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA262.md): Embraer EMB 135KL · Traverse City, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 28, 2014 · N299SK · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird during the descent to land, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane.
- [NTSB ENG14IA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA013.md): Raytheon 400A · Sugar Land, TX · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · May 13, 2014 · N412GJ · Minor damage
  > The probable cause of the uncontained No. 2 engine failure on the Raytheon Beechjet 400A was a yellow-crowned night-heron birdstrike that resulted in fan blade contact with the inlet case and rub induced excitation of a previously unidentified natural…
- [NTSB ENG14IA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG14IA011.md): Raytheon 400A · Rochester, NY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 13, 2014 · N193BJ · Minor damage
  > The probable cause of the uncontained No. 2 engine failure on the Raytheon Beechjet 400A was a herring gull birdstrike that resulted in fan blade contact with the inlet case and rub induced excitation of a previously unidentified natural frequency (resonance)…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2014
  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?year=2014

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