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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-3L9 · Albany, NY · September 18, 2004

Date: September 18, 2004 · 08:15 local
Place: Albany, NY
Airport: Albany County
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SWAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N657SW
Reported as: Boeing 7373L9
Fatal injuries: 0

N657SWRegistration cancelled Mar 15, 2018 · Boeing 737-3L9S/N 23331 · Built 1985 Airframe modelBoeing 737-3L9 Engine modelCFM International CFM56 seriesTurbo-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) On take off Albany/baltimore flight #1973 ingested a large bird of unknown species in number 1 engine. After bird was ingested the number 1 engine had high vibration reading was observed. The flight crew elected to return to Albany airport (alb) to have engine looked at by maintenance. Aircraft landed without incident. There were no injuries. On examination of the number 1 engine by lansing flight support maintenance personnel, it was discovered that 4 first stage fan blades were damaged and needed to be replaced. Injury summary not known by ASI.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON TAKE OFF ALBANY/BALTIMORE FLIGHT #1973 INGESTED A LARGE BIRD OF UNKNOWN SPECIES IN NUMBER 1 ENGINE. AFTER BIRD WAS INGESTED THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE HAD HIGH VIBRATION READING WAS OBSERVED. THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO ALBANY AIRPORT (ALB) TO HAVE ENGINE LOOKED AT BY MAINTENANCE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ON EXAMINATION OF THE NUMBER 1 ENGINE BY LANSING FLIGHT SUPPORT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT 4 FIRST STAGE FAN BLADES WERE DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. INJURY SUMMARY NOT KNOWN BY ASI.