# Incident 19960331010369I: Boeing 737524, Kansas City, MO, March 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1996, 07:21 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69602, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69602-2009-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-524 (registry code 1384721, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737524
- Reported engine: GE CFM563B1
- People aboard: 62
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960331010369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 3/31/96, COA 1242, DEPARTED MCI EN-ROUTE TO HOU. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A BIRD STRIKE IN THE #2 ENGINE. THE CREW RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO MCI AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED DAMAGE TO #2 ENGINE. SOME FAN BLADES WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE SPECIES OF THE BIRD INGESTED WAS NOT IDENTIFIABLE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. CE96ICM0045.

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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