# Incident 19960530018049I: Boeing 7372B7, Kansas City, MO, May 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1996, 12:41 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- 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: N266AU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7372B7
- People aboard: 98
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960530018049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING CLIMBOUT FROM MCI CAPTAIN OBSERVED A BIRD, OF SOME SORT, PASSING UNDER THE AIRCRAFT THEN HEARD/FELT A THUMP. FLIGHT RETURNED TO MCI, ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN. INSPECTION BY CONTRACT MAINTENANCE, AFTER LANDING, INDICATED A BIRD STRIKE IN NUMBER 2 ENGINE. BIRD STRUCK INLET RING AT APPROXIMATELY THE 2 O'CLOCK POSITION. MOST OF THE BIRD APPEARS TO HAVE STAYED OUT OF THE ENGINE. 4 FAN BLADES HAVE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE BIRD INGESTION. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE WORKING WITH USAIR MAINTENANCE CONTROL FOR REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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