# Incident 20000827027289I: Boeing 747300, Los Angeles, CA, August 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2000, 16:45 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: KRDF
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: PHBUP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747300
- Reported engine: GE CF650E2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000827027289I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON TAKE OFF, NUMBER 3 ENGINE SUSTAINED BIRD STRIKE. AFT EXHAUST COWLING AND BULLET SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  BULLET LANDED ON AIRPORT PROPERTY (SAND DUNES), EXHAUST LANDED ON DOCKWEILER STATE BEACH.  NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT DUMPED FUEL AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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