# Incident 19961027037979I: Boeing 757232, Salt Lake City, UT, October 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1996, 19:50 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N650DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N650DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- People aboard: 178
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961027037979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DELTA FLIGHT 2086, FLIGHT FROM LAS TO SLC, STRUCK A BIRD ON A ONE MILE FINAL TO RUNWAY 35 AT SLC. THE BIRD WAS INGESTED INTO THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ACOUSTICAL LINER. THE ENGINE WAS REPORTED NOT TO HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N650DL (1)

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

- [Incident 19910814055979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910814055979I), Aug 14, 1991: Boeing 757232 (N650DL), Baltimore, MD. Encountered severe turbulence on descenty. One flight attendant and one passenger injured.

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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