# Incident 20040918032249I: Boeing 7373L9, Albany, NY, September 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2004, 08:15 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N657SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N657SW-2018-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3L9 (registry code 138447O, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3l9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373L9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040918032249I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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