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Edward C. Cleary, Staff Wildlife Biologist,Office of Airport Safety and Standards, •FederalAviationAdministration,800 IndependenceAve. SW, Washington, DC 20591 Richard A. Dolbeer, Project Leader, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, NationalWildlife Research Center, 6100 ColumbusAve., Sandusky, OH 44870 The U.S. Departmentsof TransportationandAgricultureprohibitdiscriminationinall their programsand activitieson the basis of race, color,national origin,gender, religion, age, disability,•politicalbeliefs,sexual orientation,or maritalor family status. (Not all prohibitedbases applyto all programs.) Personswith disabilitieswho require alternativemeans for communicationof programinformation(Braille, large print audiotape, etc.) shouldcontactthe appropriateagency. Cieary, E.C. and R. A. Dolbeer. 1999. Wildlife Hazard Management At Airports. Federal Aviation Administrationand U.S. Department of Agriculture.http://wildlife-mitigation.tc.faa.gov/public_html/ AR 026411 °,. III TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE WILDLIFE STRIKE PROBLEM ...................... 1 CHAPTER 2 THE FAA NATIONAL WILDLIFE STRIKE DATABASE FOR CIVIL AVIATION ....................................................................... ;. ................................... 5 2.1. INTRODUCTION ......................... . ............................ :...,_............................. 5 2.2 REPORTING WILDLIFE STRIKES ............................................................. 6 2.3. MANAGEMENT OF DATABASE.................................................................. 7 2.4. USE OF INFORMATION IN DATABASE..................................................... 8 2.5. SUMMARY OF WILDLIFE STRIKE RECORDS, 1990-1998 ..................... 10 2.5.a. Strike Frequency.......................................................................... 11 2.5.b. Types of wildlife Involved......................... ................................... 12 2.5.c. Characteristicsof Strikes............................................................. 12 2.5.d. AircraftComponentsStruckand Damaged.............. .................... 13 2.5.e. Effects of wildlife Strikeson Aircraftand Flights.......................... 14 2.6. SELECTED EXAMPLES OF WILDLIFE STRIKES .................................... 16 2.7. CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER 3 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IMPACTING WILDLIFE HAZARD MANAGEMENT AT AIRPORTS ........................................................................ 21 ('P'--_ 3.1. INTRODUCTION ..................... .................................................................. 213.2. FEDERAL AGENCIES .............................................................................. 22 3.2.a. Federal AviationAdministration................................................... 22 3.2.a.i. Mission..................................................... .....................22 3.2.a.ii. Authority................ ......................................................... 22 3.2,a.iii. Role and Responsibility................................................. 22 3.2.b.U.S. Departmentof AgdcultureNVildlifeServices......................... 24 3.2ob.i. Mission.......................................................................... 24 3.2.b.ii. Authority......................................................................... 25 3.2.b.iii.…

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