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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-247 · Houston, TX · January 9, 1998

Date: January 9, 1998 · 20:34 local
Place: Houston, TX
Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: DALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2809W
Reported as: Boeing 727247
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D15
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,000 total416 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

N2809WRegistration cancelled Feb 29, 2000 · Boeing 727-247S/N 20581 Airframe modelBoeing 727-247

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on January 9, 1998, at 20:26 lt., delta flight no. 1783 departed iah under VMC. At about 7000 feet during climb the aircraft struck a flock of snow geese. Crew observed erratic RPM indication on no. 1 engine, and fluctuating airspeed indications on f/o's side. They also heard a loud air noise coming from radome and a loud bang in the rear of the aircraft. Crew declared an emergency, shut down no. 1 engine and returned to iah making an uneventful landing. The aircraft taxied to gate where pax disembarked. Post flight inspection revealed that the aircraft was hit by about 6 large birds. Engine no. 1 and no. 2 fan blades were substantially damaged. The radome and no. 7 slat were also substantially damaged. There were minor damage to the right wing adjacent to the defuelling valve panel, r/h side on nose below right windshield, no. 3 engine pylon leading edge, no. 1 engine inlet cowling, and the fwd pressure bulkhead. The right windshield (rl) appeared to be hit but was intact.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 9, 1998, AT 20:26 LT., DELTA FLIGHT NO. 1783 DEPARTED IAH UNDER VMC. AT ABOUT 7000 FEET DURING CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FLOCK OF SNOW GEESE. CREW OBSERVED ERRATIC RPM INDICATION ON NO. 1 ENGINE, AND FLUCTUATING AIRSPEED INDICATIONS ON F/O'S SIDE. THEY ALSO HEARD A LOUD AIR NOISE COMING FROM RADOME AND A LOUD BANG IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, SHUT DOWN NO. 1 ENGINE AND RETURNED TO IAH MAKING AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO GATE WHERE PAX DISEMBARKED. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY ABOUT 6 LARGE BIRDS. ENGINE NO. 1 AND NO. 2 FAN BLADES WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE RADOME AND NO. 7 SLAT WERE ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THERE WERE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING ADJACENT TO THE DEFUELLING VALVE PANEL, R/H SIDE ON NOSE BELOW RIGHT WINDSHIELD, NO. 3 ENGINE PYLON LEADING EDGE, NO. 1 ENGINE INLET COWLING, AND THE FWD PRESSURE BULKHEAD. THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD (RL) APPEARED TO BE HIT BUT WAS INTACT.

Other reports on N2809W · 3

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

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