What was the cause of the incident shown in Figure 5-17? That incident, in which no one was fatally injured, was caused by geese that stuck an Airbus 320 that was flown by US Airways out of La Guardia Airport in New York. It would be illogical to conclude from this one incident that it is dangerous to fly where there are geese or when flying Airbus 320s, US Airways, or out of La Guardia. Or, would it?

Suppose that you wanted to determine whether there is a systematic pattern of flights downed by geese or with the Airbus 320, US Airways, or La Guardia. How would you proceed? How would you use the resources of http://aviation-safety.net to make this determination?