Pied-billed grebe: Aircraft Strikes
69 reported strikes · 7 damaging · Medium species
Airports where this happens most
- Minneapolis-st Paul Intl/Wold-chamberlain Airport5
- Los Angeles Intl5
- Salt Lake City Intl4
- Chicago O'hare Intl Airport4
- Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta Intl Airport4
- Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport3
- Dallas/Fort Worth Intl Airport3
- Cleveland-hopkins Intl Airport3
Notable strikes
- 2019-11-07 · BELL-407 · Pied-billed grebe · Substantial
Medical transport. Upon return to KSUS 5 nm west of the airfield N64AE struck one Pied-Billed Grebe directly on the pilots side of the windshield. The windshield shattered and the animal lodged in between the pilots seat and the co-pilots seat. After the…
- 2015-10-17 · ROBINSON R44 · Pied-billed grebe · Substantial
Bird impacted lower rt of windscreen and went to the rt side of front rt seat. No injury.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · United States Government public domain.