Teterboro Airport: Wildlife Strikes

Notable strikes

• 2001-04-22 · AA-1 · Gulls · Substantial

  While on sightseeing trip over new york harbor, bird bounced off the windshld which cracked. 50% of windshld caved in and hit pilot in the face. Altimeter was not working properly and airspd indicator was also unreliable pilot got vectors to land at teb. A/c…

• 2019-09-09 · LEARJET-60 · Double-crested cormorant · Substantial

  After all necessary photos were taken the wing fairing was removed and a mostly intact bird carcass was removed. Hackensack. Note: reporter marked wing/rotor and fuselage as damaged but did not mark them as struck, assume wing/rotor and fuselage was struck…

• 2022-11-14 · DASSAULT-900 · Bufflehead · Substantial

  Pilot reported striking unknown bird over VINGS/ DANDY (1500FT). Airport Operations Supervisor recovered SNARGE from engine number one (1) cowling. Further damage will be assessed by aircraft maintenance. Engine cowling significant damage. (Was not ingested)…