# Incident 20031115031639I: Doug DC982, Newark, NJ, November 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2003, 00:12 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N560AA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N560AA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-82(MD-82) (registry code 3022082, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-9-82-md-82) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D series (registry code 52053, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC982
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031115031639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 15, 2003, AALA FLIGHT 1328 AT 3,000 FEET OVER KTEB AND ON APPROACH TO KEWR RUNWAY 22R, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED LARGE BIRDS IN ITS FLIGHT PATH AND CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE EXTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. PIC SUBSEQUENTLY REGAINED CONTROL AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT AT KEWR AT 0018 LOCAL TIME. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WERE AS FOLLOWS: RADOME, RADOME/NOSE WHEEL WELL BULKHEAD, LEFT UPPER FUSELAGE SKIN JUST AFT OF RADOME, NUMBER ONE LEADING EDGE SLAT (2ND SLAT FROM LEFT INBOARD SLAT), LEFT WING LEADING EDGE ROOT FIBERGLASS FAIRING, F/O COCKPIT SLIDING WINDOW, NO. 1 ENGINE NOSE COWL, AND EVIDENCE OF BIRD INGESTION IN BOTH ENGINES. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED ON THE PRESSURE VESSEL OF THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGES INCURRED ARE REPAIRABLE. BOTH ENGINES WERE BORESCOPED FOR CONDITION AND DETERMINED TO BE SERVICEABLE BY THE CARRIER. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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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