Bombardier CL-600-2B19 N411ZW

Summary

On 5 December 2012 at about 23:00 local time, a Bombardier CL-600-2B19 registered N411ZW, operated by Air Wisconsin, was involved in an accident near New York, New York, United States. 53 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 December 2012 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

New York, New York, United States

Nearest airport

LaGuardia (KLGA)

Coordinates

40.7772, -73.8725

Aircraft

Bombardier CL-600-2B19

Registration

N411ZW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air Wisconsin

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Philadelphia → New York

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

DCA13CA066

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On December 5, 2012, at approximately 1800 eastern standard time, a Bombardier CRJ200 operated by Air Wisconsin as USAirways Express flight 3852, experienced a bird strike while descending through 7,000 feet on approach to the New York LaGuardia Airport, New York. The bird strike occured about 30 miles southwest of the airport, at an airspeed of 200 knots. The crew continued the approach and made a normal landing. Weather at the time of the event was night visual conditions. There were no injuries to the 3 crewmembers or 50 passengers. Structural damage was found on skin panels, bulkheads, stringers, frames, nose landing gear support structure, ADG enclosure, leading edges, and piccolo ducts. The forward pressure bulkhead was dented, deformed, and punctured in several areas, affecting the structural strength of the bulkhead and require major repair or replacement, thereby qualifying as substantial damage. The species of bird was identified as Snow Goose by the Smithsonian Institution bird hazard laboratory.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.