Advisory Circular: REPORTING WILDLIFE AIRCRAFT STRIKES

Authors

J.R. White

Date of this Version

December 2004

Comments

Published by U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. Permission to use.

Abstract

This Advisory Circular (AC) explains the importance of reporting collisions between aircraft and wildlife, more commonly referred to as wildlife strikes. It also examines recent improvements in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Reporting system; how to report a wildlife strike; what happens to the wildlife strike report data; how to access the FAA National Wildlife Aircraft Strike Database; and the FAA’s Feather Identification program.