# Incident 20040321006579I: Cndair CL6002C10, Cleveland, OH, March 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2004, 11:34 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (registry code 1390015, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CNDAIR CL6002C10
- Reported engine: GE CF34*
- People aboard: 73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321006579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 3/21/04 AN AMERICAN EAGLE FLT 4257, A CRJ-700, ON TAKEOFF 6R LEFT ENGINE STRUCK BY UNKNOWN SPECIES OF BIRD. BIRD BENT 5 BLADES ON A CF-34 ENGINE, PILOT LANDED AT CLE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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