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FAA incident report · Boeing 767-222 · Boston, MA · October 19, 2002

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Date
October 19, 2002 · 08:50 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N607UA
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD03IA007
Reported as
Boeing 767222
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9*
People aboard
128
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total720 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days
N607UARegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2008 · Boeing 767-222S/N 21868 · Built 1982Airframe modelBoeing 767-222Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D-3ATurbo-fan

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Distribution: original copy ANE-200, NE01 spm, NE01 file, AFS-300, ANE-100. privacy data omitted On October 19, 2002 at 0850 EDT a united airlines B-767-222, N607UA struck a flock of birds (cormorants) at 200 feet as it departed runway 22R in Boston. The flight crew had immediate indications of engine surging on the right side and shut down the right engine. After running the appropriate checklists the crew did a single engine approach and landed over weight on runway 33L without further incident. The aircraft was taxied to the gate and all passengers deplaned normally through the forward entrance door. Inspection of the aircraft revealed that the right engine (pratt & whitney part number JT9-7R4 serial number 709621) had an uncontained failure of broken fan blade pieces that penetrated the nose cowl just forward of the fan blade containment ring area. Other bird strike damage included several fan bypass air stator vanes which were found missing or broken off, the right wing leading edge strakelete dented, and right wing landing light and lens cover were broken. United Boston maintenance replaced the right engine and nose cowl, reworked dent on strakele te and replaced the broken landing light and lens cover. An overweight landing check was also accomplished and aircraft put back into service. NTSB has assigned case number privacy data omitted to this incident and is classifying it as a factual report only to document the event not to be submitted for a probable cause.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DISTRIBUTION: ORIGINAL COPY ANE-200, NE01 SPM, NE01 FILE, AFS-300, ANE-100. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON OCTOBER 19, 2002 AT 0850 EDT A UNITED AIRLINES B-767-222, N607UA STRUCK A FLOCK OF BIRDS (CORMORANTS) AT 200 FEET AS IT DEPARTED RUNWAY 22R IN BOSTON. THE FLIGHT CREW HAD IMMEDIATE INDICATIONS OF ENGINE SURGING ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE. AFTER RUNNING THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLISTS THE CREW DID A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDED OVER WEIGHT ON RUNWAY 33L WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE GATE AND ALL PASSENGERS DEPLANED NORMALLY THROUGH THE FORWARD ENTRANCE DOOR. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE (PRATT & WHITNEY PART NUMBER JT9-7R4 SERIAL NUMBER 709621) HAD AN UNCONTAINED FAILURE OF BROKEN FAN BLADE PIECES THAT PENETRATED THE NOSE COWL JUST FORWARD OF THE FAN BLADE CONTAINMENT RING AREA. OTHER BIRD STRIKE DAMAGE INCLUDED SEVERAL FAN BYPASS AIR STATOR VANES WHICH WERE FOUND MISSING OR BROKEN OFF, THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE STRAKELETE DENTED, AND RIGHT WING LANDING LIGHT AND LENS COVER WERE BROKEN. UNITED BOSTON MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND NOSE COWL, REWORKED DENT ON STRAKELE TE AND REPLACED THE BROKEN LANDING LIGHT AND LENS COVER. AN OVERWEIGHT LANDING CHECK WAS ALSO ACCOMPLISHED AND AIRCRAFT PUT BACK INTO SERVICE. NTSB HAS ASSIGNED CASE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DA^ TO THIS INCIDENT AND IS CLASSIFYING IT AS A FACTUAL REPORT ONLY TO DOCUMENT THE EVENT NOT TO BE SUBMITTED FOR A PROBABLE CAUSE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB IAD03IA007Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportBoston, MAAn inadvertant collision with birds during the initial climb out.Oct 19, 2002 · Minor damage

Other reports on N607UA · 1

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

Incident 19850524033639INormal Cruise · Fort Wayne, INCompressor stall en route. Requested lower, then higher altitude. Continued to destination. Engine changed.May 24, 1985 · Minor damage