# Incident 19980109011939I: Boeing 727247, Houston, TX, January 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1998, 20:34 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2809W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2809W-2000-02-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-247 (registry code 138408F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727247
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 416 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980109011939I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19980102004329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980102004329I), Jan 2, 1998: Boeing 727247 (N2809W), Albany, NY. Narrative: during push back operation, tug slipped on ice on ramp causing tow bar to exceed nose gear turn limit. Safety pins on tow bar broke, causing…
- [Accident 19970706021219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970706021219A), Jul 6, 1997: Boeing 727247 (N2809W), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. The captain reported a normal flight and that the landing approach was stabilized. He stated that the wind was right down the runway for the landing. As the…
- [Incident 19970303008629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970303008629I), Mar 3, 1997: Boeing 727247 (N2809W), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: after a successful approach and landing, the aircraft departed taxiway and damaged #2 main tire. #2 wheel assembly replaced. This was due to…

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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