De Havilland DHC8 N402QX

Summary

On 29 October 2019 at about 21:33 local time, a De Havilland DHC8 registered N402QX, operated by Horizon Air Indistries Inc., was involved in an accident near Boise, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 October 2019 at 21:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Boise, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Boise Airport (KBOI)

Coordinates

43.5000, -116.3000

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC8

Registration

N402QX

Category

Airplane

Year built

2001

Engines

2

Operator

Horizon Air Indistries Inc.

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boise → Seattle

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA20CA010

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 October 29, 2019 at 1433 mountain daylight time, Horizon Air as flight 2337, a Bombardier De Havilland DHC8, N402QX, struck a bird during climb out from Boise Airport (KBOI), Boise, Idaho. After the collision, the flight crew saw visual evidence of the bird remains on the left wing, determined there were no indications of control problems, and decided to continue to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport (KSEA), Seattle, Washington, where the flight landed with no further incident.  Postflight inspection of the airplane revealed that the the bird impact had partially severed the left wing leading edge composite structure and cracked the front spar web. The flight was operating was operating under 14 CFR Part 121 and there were no injuries to the 80 passengers and crew onboard.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.