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AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE

7-5-3 Reporting Bird Strikes

AIM Chapter 7. Safety of Flight — Section 7-5, Bird Hazards and Flight Over National Refuges, Parks, and Forests

Official text — AIM 7-5-3

AIM — FAA OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE

Pilots are urged to report any bird or other wildlife strike using FAA Form 5200-7, Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Report (Appendix 1). Additional forms are available at any FSS; at any FAA Regional Office or at https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_safety/wildlife/. The data derived from these reports are used to develop standards to cope with this potential hazard to aircraft and for documentation of necessary habitat control on airports.

Reproduced from the FAA Aeronautical Information Manual (Basic (with Change 3)). The AIM is FAA guidance, not regulation. Verify against the official source before relying on it operationally.

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No — this is FAA guidance, not a regulation.

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