# Incident 20020923024989I: Doug DC983, San Diego, CA, September 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2002, 12:39 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N572AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N572AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (registry code 3022083, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-83-md-83) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC983
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020923024989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 9/23/02--1239--ON CLIMB OUT FROM SAN DIEGO, FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF BIRDS. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO LOS ANGELES. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION DETERMINED THE RADOME, THE BULKHEAD BEHIND THE RADOME AND THE #3 LEADING EDGE SLAT, ON THE RIGHT WING, SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RADOME, THE #3 LEADING EDGE SLAT AND DID INTERIM REPAIRS TO THE WIND LEADING EDGE AND THE BULKHEAD BEHIND THE RADOME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTENANCE FERRIED TO TULSA FOR PERMANENT REPAIRS, ON 09/25/02.

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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