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De Havilland DHC8 near Boise, ID — 2019-10-29

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Date
2019-10-29
Location
Boise, ID, USA
Airport
KBOI
Aircraft
De Havilland DHC8
Registration
N402QX
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

a bird strike during climb out.

NTSB 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.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

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