# NTSB investigations, 2025: 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 ERA26LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA082.md): Piper PA44 · Pembroke Pines, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Dec 21, 2025 · N156WM · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird while on approach to the destination airport.
- [NTSB ERA26LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA038.md): Cessna 172 · Lynchburg, VA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 10, 2025 · N708LU · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird.
- [NTSB WPR26LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA015.md): Cessna 172S · Lathrop, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 4, 2025 · N103VK · Substantial damage
  > An inflight collision with a bird.
- [NTSB ERA25LA377](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA377.md): Piper PA28R · Okeechobee, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 27, 2025 · N8586A · Substantial damage
  > Collision with a bird during cruise flight.
- [NTSB ERA25LA360](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA360.md): Piper PA-28-161 · Linden, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 20, 2025 · N5914V · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird while on approach.
- [NTSB CEN25LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA362.md): Cessna 414 · New Braunfels, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 3, 2025 · N39HC · Substantial damage
  > A in-flight collision with a bird during the descent for landing.
- [NTSB DCA25WA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA294.md): Boeing 737 · Madrid, Spain · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 13, 2025 · 9H-VVL · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA25WA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA283.md): Airbus A321 · Madrid, Spain · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 3, 2025 · EC-OOJ
- [NTSB CEN25LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA180.md): Excalibur Excalibur · Mountain View Airport, MO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 18, 2025 · N4831A · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird while enroute.
- [NTSB WPR25LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA113.md): Beech E-55 · Van Nuys, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 16, 2025 · N994WY · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird during an approach to land.
- [NTSB DCA25FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25FA148.md): Boeing 767 · Newark, NJ · Incident · No injuries · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Mar 1, 2025 · N178FE · Minor damage
  > On March 1, 2025, at 0800 eastern standard time, FedEx flight 3609, a Boeing 767-300F, powered by two General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofan engines, registration number N178FE, struck birds during initial climb after takeoff from Newark Liberty International…
- [NTSB WPR25LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA086.md): Cessna 172P · Ramona, CA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 2, 2025 · N5268K · Substantial damage
  > An in-flight collision with a bird in the airport traffic pattern.
- [NTSB CEN25LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA070.md): Bombardier CL-600-2B19 · Stringtown, MS · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 3, 2025 · N438SW · Substantial damage
  > Bird strike.

## 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") = 2025
  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=2025

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