Regression Analysis for Strike with Damage Reported and Wildlife Strike

Regression Analysis for
Strike with Damage Reported and Wildlife Strike

II. ABSTRACT

A wildlife strike into aircraft engines at takeoff and/or landing causes highly significant outcomes. The Federal Aviation Administration released Advisory Circular (FAA, AC150/5200-32B, 2013) to address importance of the reporting and encourage airline operators to report wildlife strike damage. The FAA conducted a study of wildlife strike reporting systems in mid 1990s and used a statistical analysis of reported strikes resulted in findings that only a certain percentage of wildlife strikes (FAA, 2009). The Boeing Company also conducted a study and concluded bird strikes are a lesser hazard to aviation (Nicholson Reed, 2011). The objective of this report is to examine the trends between the number of reported damage with wildlife strike and the number of wildlife strikes to determine a probability of wildlife strike results in significant structural damage, also what species would contributes in reported damage. The analysis uses wildlife strike data and reported damage data and conducts regression analysis and covariance-correlation analysis between those retrieved data variables. All data was obtained from the FAA, National Wildlife Strike Database (FAA/NWSD, 2014)

III. TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. TITLE PAGE 1

II. ABSTRUCT 2

III. TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

IV. INTRODUCTION 4

V. LITERATURE REVIEW 4

VI. DATA 5

VII. METHODS AND RESULTS 6

VIII. CONCLUSION 8

IX. TABLE 10

X. CHART 14

IX. REFERENCE 18

IV. INTRODUCTION

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates bird