Red-tailed hawk: Aircraft Strikes
4,579 reported strikes · 581 damaging · Medium species
Airports where this happens most
- Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl Airport315
- Chicago O'hare Intl Airport261
- Denver Intl Airport161
- Portland Intl (or)160
- Cleveland-hopkins Intl Airport129
- Los Angeles Intl126
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Intl Airport122
- Kansas City Intl117
Notable strikes
- 2009-01-04 · SIKORSKY S-76 · Red-tailed hawk · Destroyed · 8 fatal
Id by smithsonian, FAA 3015. DNA match. A/c crashed in a marsh near morgan city, la. NTSB investigated. Both pilots and six of seven passengers on board were killed. One person was criticaly injured. A/c deptd lake palourde base heliport in amelia, la en…
- 2002-07-11 · C-172 · Red-tailed hawk · Substantial
Landed at hlg (17 miles from strike). Windsld broken. Pilot had minor cut on arm, pax in front seat had cut on nose, stomach, left eye blood vessel burst, blood in eye, l arm cuts and lacerations. Arff responded.
- 2012-06-09 · EXPERIMENTAL · Red-tailed hawk · Substantial
Hawk penetrated windshld and came to rest inside the cockpit. The pilot and his son received minor cuts and scraped. They were flying in formation over the state fairgrounds and made an emergency landing at rdu. Damage to aft bulkhead.
- 2023-04-26 · BELL-206 · Red-tailed hawk · Substantial
Local Channel 10 News Helicopter experienced a bird strike at about 0600 ft. Agl. Flight tracking data show that the helicopter was about 7 miles NW of departure airport (HWO) before returning to North Perry Airport after the strike. The strike resulted in a…
- 2015-03-19 · AEROS 350 · Red-tailed hawk · Substantial
Rt side windshld was destroyed and hawk entered cabin. 1 pax was struck by hawk and pieces of windshld. Uneventful ldg. Pax was evaluated by emt and was air evacuated to a hospital in las vegas where she was treated and released.
Source: FAA National Wildlife Strike Database · United States Government public domain.