# Incident 19970430013079I: Boeing 737347, Salt Lake City, UT, April 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1997, 19:57 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: N308WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N308WA-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-347 (registry code 138447U, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737347
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970430013079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DELTA 1939 ENCOUNTERED TWO OR MORE SEA GULLS WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO SLC. ONE BIRD STRUCK THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ANOTHER THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PITOT TUBE ON THAT SIDE WAS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N308WA (4)

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

- [Incident 20050722015489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050722015489I), Jul 22, 2005: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Jackson, WY. (-23) During takeoff roll the number one engine ingested a bird, and the aircraft aborted takeoff.
- [Incident 20030404009229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030404009229I), Apr 4, 2003: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Helena, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On April 4, 2003, delta flight 1452, enroute from salt lake city (slc), Utah, to Helena (hln), Montana, landed at hln. After landing and post-flight…
- [Incident 20010816019969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816019969I), Aug 16, 2001: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) ATC cleared delta 1521 for takeoff on dfw runway 18L just 30 seconds before clearing Continental 1487, which had just landed on runway 18R, to cross…
- [Incident 19960828035139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960828035139I), Aug 28, 1996: Boeing 737300 (N308WA), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on August 28, 1996 delta airlines flight 2077 departed Santa Ana, CA, Orange county airport to salt lake city, UT. On take off from runway 19R…

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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