# Incident 19980507018459I: Boeing 72725C, Colorado Spring, CO, May 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1998, 21:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDEA
- Location: 39.0306° N, 104.4795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0306&lon=-104.4795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N116FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N116FE-2005-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-25C (registry code 138400H, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725C
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D7B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,051 total, 2,386 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98IA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98IA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980507018459I

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98IA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98IA208), May 8, 1998: Boeing 727-25C (N116FE), Colorado Sprngs, CO, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent inflight collision with a flock of large birds.

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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