Skip to content

MKC87LA057

1987-03-05 · NORFOLK, Nebraska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport OFK

N890AC has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GATES LEARJET CORP 55, built 1983), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE CREW STATED THEY WERE DESCENDING FOR LANDING WHEN THEY FLEW THROUGH A FLOCK OF GEESE THAT WERE TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THEY RECEIVED THREE OR FOUR BIRD STIKES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_MKC87LA057.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.