- Date
- October 29, 2019, 14:33 local (21:33 UTC)
- Place
- Boise, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N402QXDe Havilland DHC8
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Birdstrike
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- FAA report
- 20191029020499A
- Case key
- 100507
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Probable cause
a bird strike during climb out.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
On October 29, 2019 at 1433 mountain daylight time, Horizon Air as flight 2337, a Bombardier De Havilland DHC8, N402QX, struck a bird during climb out from Boise Airport (KBOI), Boise, Idaho. After the collision, the flight crew saw visual evidence of the bird remains on the left wing, determined there were no indications of control problems, and decided to continue to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport (KSEA), Seattle, Washington, where the flight landed with no further incident. Postflight inspection of the airplane revealed that the the bird impact had partially severed the left wing leading edge composite structure and cracked the front spar web. The flight was operating was operating under 14 CFR Part 121 and there were no injuries to the 80 passengers and crew onboard.
Factual narrative
On October 29, 2019 at 1433 mountain daylight time, Horizon Air as flight 2337, a Bombardier De Havilland DHC8, N402QX, struck a bird during climb out from Boise Airport (KBOI), Boise, Idaho. After the collision, the flight crew saw visual evidence of the bird remains on the left wing, determined there were no indications of control problems, and decided to continue to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport (KSEA), Seattle, Washington, where the flight landed with no further incident. Postflight inspection of the airplane revealed that the the bird impact had partially severed the left wing leading edge composite structure and cracked the front spar web. The flight was operating was operating under 14 CFR Part 121 and there were no injuries to the 80 passengers and crew onboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N402QX
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC8 (402)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4032
- Built
- 2001
- Airframe hours
- 43,991.63
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150APratt & Whitney Canada PW150A
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Horizon Air Indistries Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bcc Equipment Leasing Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- June 12, 2019
- Departed
- KBOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- KSEA · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KBOI · Boise Airport
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Heads up display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 12, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,628 total · 994 in this make and model · 4,474 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 25, 2019
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,813 total · 575 in this make and model · 441 as pilot in command · 134 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 4 knots
- Altimeter
- 30.34 inHg
- Observed at
- KBOI
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 5, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.