# Incident 19960408011159I: Boeing 737347, Salt Lake City, UT, April 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1996, 16:26 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N305WA-2007-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-347 (registry code 138447U, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737347
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960408011159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DELTA 1691 HIT A SEAGULL, RUNWAY 34R ABOUT 5,000' DOWN ON TAKE-OFF. DELTA OPTED TO COME BACK AND LAND. EQUIPMENT WAS CALLED, LANDED AT 2237Z WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DELTA REPORTED THAT THEY SUSTAINED SOME BLADE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT ENGINE. (SLC-FSDO MOONEY/SHAW) (SLE-ATCT NELSON) (ANM-6 BRIGHT). CONTACTED SLC-DALA MAINTENANCE THEY CONFIRMED THAT NUMBER 2 ENGINE WAS DAMAGED FROM SEAGULL INGESTION; THEY BORESCOPED THE ENGINE, NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED, ADDITIONALLY TWO FAN BLADE SETS WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE CSD OIL-COOLER. PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.

## Other reports on N305WA (2)

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

- [Incident 19991224036029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991224036029I), Dec 24, 1999: Boeing 737347 (N305WA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Delta airlines flight 1079 departed Salt Lake City intl. At approx. 1425 hours LCL and reported loosing a main landing gear assy. The aircraft dumpted…
- [Incident 19930620023849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930620023849I), Jun 20, 1993: Boeing 737347 (N305WA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. While taxiing into gate NR2 engine struck a belt loader.

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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