# Incident 20021019030979I: Boeing 767222, Boston, MA, October 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2002, 08:50 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UALA
- Location: 42.2301° N, 71.5294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2301&lon=-71.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N607UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N607UA-2008-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-222 (registry code 1385122, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3A (registry code 52050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt9d-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767222
- Reported engine: PWA JT9*
- People aboard: 128
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 720 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03IA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03IA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021019030979I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD03IA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03IA007), Oct 19, 2002: Boeing 767-222 (N607UA), Boston, MA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An inadvertant collision with birds during the initial climb out.

## Other reports on N607UA (1)

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

- [Incident 19850524033639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850524033639I), May 24, 1985: Boeing 767222 (N607UA), Fort Wayne, IN, Minor damage. Compressor stall en route. Requested lower, then higher altitude. Continued to destination. Engine changed.

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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