# Incident 19791001051489I: Boeing 747/, Prestwick, UK, October 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1979, 14:25 local time
- Place: Prestwick, UK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NWA
- Aircraft: N622US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N622US-2008-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-251B (registry code 1384892, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-251b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791001051489I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THREE OF FOUR ENGINES DAMAGED BY BIRD STRIKE AFTER TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N622US (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990224021159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990224021159I), Feb 24, 1999: Boeing 747251B (N622US), Tokyo, JA, Minor damage. After landing and runway turn off at nrt a loud pop and hissing sound was heard. The second officer observed fire under his table. He quickly extinguished the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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