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Incident

FAA incident report · Boeing 7272J7 · Chicago, IL · December 12, 1986

Date
December 12, 1986 · 18:51 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago-O Hare International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Aircraft
N702AA
Reported as
Boeing 7272J7
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft struck a bird during descent. Safe landing. Damage to radome and pressure bulkhead, engine fan blandes.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD DURING DESCENT. SAFE LANDING. DAMAGE TO RADOME AND PRESSURE BULKHEAD, ENGINE FAN BLANDES.