# Incident 20000511032929I: Boeing 7374B7, Syracuse, NY, May 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2000, 08:35 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N778AU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7374B7
- People aboard: 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000511032929I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 11, 2000, A BOEING 737, N778U, OPERATED BY US AIRWAYS INC., EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE ON THE LEFT WING WHEN DEPARTING RUNWAY 28 AT SYRACUSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 AT 0855E AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED THAT NUMBER ONE ENGINE HAD FAN BLADES DAMAGED DUE TO A BIRD STRIKE.  THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SYRACUSE AIRPORT, SYRACUSE, NY ON MAY 11, 2000.

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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