Herring gull: Aircraft Strikes

Notable strikes

• 2025-03-15 · BE-55 BARON · Herring gull · Substantial

  Windscreen suffered major damage, copilot received injuries was transported to local hospital for treatment. Portion of bird remains collected for analysis. Newhall Pass. 11 photos. International air service inc trustee. Remains sent to the smithsonian…

• 1990-10-14 · C-152 · Herring gull · Substantial

  Gull put a hole in windshield which had to be replaced. Pilot had minor injury. Made emergency ldg. Bird strike at cruise altitude. Declared emergency and landed at newark international airport. AIDS Report: https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p…

• 2016-03-06 · BELL-407 · Herring gull · Substantial

  Windshield damaged, bird entered cockpit and struck the pilot who was wearing his issued gallet helmet with sun visor down. Photos. From MOR: Eagle3, the local Palm beach sheriff s helicopter, was inbound 5 miles NE of the field when they experienced a bi

• 2014-03-13 · BE-400 BJET · Herring gull · Destroyed

  Id by smithsonian. Engine ingested bird between last 2000 ft of RWY 4 and 1 mile from departure end. ENG failed as a result pilot saw a large bird go quickly past and immediately afterwards felt a high vibration. An emergency was declared. They landed safely…

• 2023-10-14 · A-321 · Herring gull · Substantial

  Multiple species. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5 gulls struck on take-off run. Per Delta mechanics: damage to 3 fan blades in engine #2 and acoustic panel on engine #1, cost of repairs $270,000, and cost of…