Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, 1990-2007

3191849612008PDFTech ReportSerial report number 14WildlifeBird strikesCivil aircraftStatisticsTables (Data)Air transportation crashesAviation safetyCrash dataUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation AdministrationDolbeer, Richard A.Wright, Sandra E.United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceUnited States. Federal Aviation AdministrationNTL-AVIATION-Aviation Energy and EnvironmentNTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/AirworthinessNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Aviation Energy and EnvironmentNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTNTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-StatisticsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Aviation Safety/AirworthinessNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYUS Transportation CollectionThis report presents a summary analysis of data from the FAA\u2019s National Wildlife StrikeDatabase for the 18-year period 1990 through 2007. Unless noted, all totals are for the 17-year period, and percentages are of the total known. Because of the large amount of data, Tables 2 through 17 present 18-year totals only and do not display data for individual years, 1990 through 2007. A sample of significant wildlife strikes to civil aircraft in the USA during 2007 is presented in Appendix A. These recent strike examples demonstrate the widespread and diverse nature of the problem.90