# Incident 20021013032329I: Boeing 737301, Greensboro, NC, October 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2002, 11:40 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N337US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N337US-2003-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- People aboard: 87
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021013032329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON VERY SHORT FINAL, JUST AFTER FLARE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FLOCK OF GEESE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND TAXIED TO THE GATE. CREW WALK AROUND FOUND EVIDENCE OF BIRD INGESTION IN BOTH ENGINES. US AIRWAYS MAINTENANCE CONFIRMED DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES BY BORESCOPE. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A #1 ENGINE COMPLETE FAN CHANGE, AND ON #2 ENGINE 3 BLADES WERE CHANGED ALONG WITH BOTH ENGINE COWLING RINGS WERE CHANGED OUT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO PITTSBURGH FOR FURTHER MAINTENANCE. NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PAX.

## Other reports on N337US (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19921130050599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921130050599I), Nov 30, 1992: Boeing 737301 (N337US), San Francisco, CA. After takeoff pilot was unable to pressurize cabin. Returned. Found out flow valve stuck open.

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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