# Incident 20040614021519I: Boeing 7373B7, Pittsburgh, PA, June 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2004, 03:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N393US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N393US-2013-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3B7 (registry code 138447F, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373B7
- People aboard: 95
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040614021519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 14, 2004, US AIRWAYS' AIRCRAFT N393US, A BOEING 737-3B7, OPERATED AS FLIGHT 1076 FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA TO PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA (PIT). AT APPROXIMATELY 3:15 AM LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN PIT ON RUNWAY 10L. AT TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN OWL IN THE AREA OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE GEAR AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATES AN OWL STRUCK THE NOSE WHEEL SECTION AND SEVERED A NOSE GEAR STEERING CABLE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE NOSE WHEEL STEERING CAPABILITIES. THERE WERE 88 PASSENGERS AND A CREW OF FIVE ON-BOARD. THE FLIGHT CREW DECIDED NOT TO CONDUCT AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND NO ONE WAS INJURED THROUGH THE DECELERATION AND STOP. THERE APPEARS TO BE N AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OTHER THAN THE BROKEN STEERING CABLE.

## Other reports on N393US (1)

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

- [Incident 19890106006999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890106006999I), Jan 6, 1989: Boeing 737300 (N393US), Los Angeles, CA. Intermittent oil pressure and low oil light. Diverted to los angles. Plastic in oil sump from air oil seperator.

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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