# Incident 19930414013219I: Boeing 747SP21, New York, NY, April 14, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1993, 09:32 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N144UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N144UA-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747SP-21 (registry code 1384802, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747sp-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D series (registry code 52054, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747SP21
- Reported engine: PWA JT9*
- People aboard: 115
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,209 total, 833 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930414013219I

## Narrative

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

BIRD STRIKE ON NR4 ENGINE ON CLIMB OUT. RETURNED. DAMAGED NOSE CONE INLET.

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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