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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-25C · Colorado Spring, CO · May 7, 1998

Date
May 7, 1998 · 21:30 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Airport
City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N116FE
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98IA208
Reported as
Boeing 72725C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D7B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,051 total2,386 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On climb out, struck a flock of birds. Ingested into NR3 engine resulting in uncontained failure. Returned to cos.

As the FAA filed it

ON CLIMB OUT, STRUCK A FLOCK OF BIRDS. INGESTED INTO NR3 ENGINE RESULTING IN UNCONTAINED FAILURE. RETURNED TO COS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.