20070829018799I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-490 · Fairbanks, AK · August 29, 2007

Date
August 29, 2007 · 10:15 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Fairbanks International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ASAA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N795AS
Reported as
Boeing 737490
Reported engine
GE CFM56*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0

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) Aircraft was in the process of landing and at 100 feet off runway encountered water fowl. Two birds struck the aircraft one on the nose and one on the left wing. Aircraft landed without incident and upon investigation no damage was noted and the evidence showed the birds to have been sparrows. Pilot informed tower upon taxi to the gate.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING AND AT 100 FEET OFF RUNWAY ENCOUNTERED WATER FOWL. TWO BIRDS STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT ONE ON THE NOSE AND ONE ON THE LEFT WING. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND UPON INVESTIGATION NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND THE EVIDENCE SHOWED THE BIRDS TO HAVE BEEN SPARROWS. PILOT INFORMED TOWER UPON TAXI TO THE GATE.

Other reports on N795AS · 1

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