Memphis Intl: Wildlife Strikes

Notable strikes

• 2015-07-22 · EMB-145 · Killdeer · Substantial

  Bird struck capt window and center window support and windshield wipers. Large diagonal crack at the bottom of the capt wndshield. A/c taxied to gate under its own power and reported the strike to tower. Ops removed bird from RWY 27 as indicated above. Strike…

• 2015-10-16 · A-319 · Red-tailed hawk · Substantial

  Flt crew reported striking one large bird on a/c #2 engine while on rotation for t/o. A/c cont to destination and landed w/o incident. Several fan blades on the #2 engine were found to be damaged consistent with an engine ingestion and the flt crew reported…

• 2016-01-09 · DC-10-10 · Red-tailed hawk · Substantial

  #3 engine spinner dented, fan blades damaged, interior of engine cowling damaged from fan blade shrapnel. Returned to airport as an alert ii.damaged engine #3 and nose cowl were removed and replaced. Dmg to spinner cone and multiple fan blades had soft an

• 2016-12-05 · MD-88 · Common loon · Substantial

  Bird ingested into #1 engine all fan blades damaged, one broke off. Contained engine failure. Returned to MEM as emergency.Fan blades damaged beyond manual limits. Also, inlet cowl and fan attrition liners damaged. Engine removed.

• 2023-03-30 · B-757-200 · Unknown bird · Substantial

  FDX 406 (N795FD) contacted ATCT advising a bird struck the window and caused it to crack in multiple places. The aircraft landed without incident and the bird is unknown at this time. Note: number struck not reported assume 1. 2 photos. MOR: At 1656Z, FDX406…