| Date: | Tuesday 29 October 2019 |
| Time: | 14:33 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Horizon Air |
| Registration: | N402QX |
| MSN: | 4032 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 43991 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 80 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Boise, ID -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Boise Airport, ID (BOI/KBOI) |
| Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA/KSEA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Horizon Air as flight 2337, a DHC-8, N402QX, struck a bird during climb out from Boise Airport (KBOI), 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), 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.
Probable Cause: a bird strike during climb out.
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