# Incident 20020531012959I: Boeing 7373Q8, Nashville, TN, May 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2002, 10:17 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N695SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N695SW-2009-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3Q8 (registry code 138447V, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3q8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373Q8
- Reported engine: GE CFM563B1
- People aboard: 129
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 5,500 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020531012959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF FROM BNA THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BNA WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TWO FLIGHT CREW/THREE CABIN CREWMEMBERS AND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS NOT INITIATED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THREE #2 ENGINE FAN BLADES. NOTE: THE PILOT INFORMATION ON THIS FORM IS INCOMPLETE. THIS INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ON JUNE 3, 2002.

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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