# Incident 20080824843509I: Boeing 7373H4, Ontario, CA, August 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2008, 09:41 local time
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Airport: Ontario International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 34.0560° N, 117.6012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ONTARIO INTL (ONT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0560&lon=-117.6012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N650SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N650SW-2017-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080824843509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SOUTHWEST FLT 43 ENCOUNTERED A BIRD STRIKE ON TAKEOFF.  NR 1 ENGINE INJESTED BIRD CAUSING VIBRATION.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED BACK TO AIRPORT SAFELY.  INSPECTION OF ENGINE REVEALED THREE BENT TURBINE BLADES AND TWO NICKED BLADES.  SOUTHWEST MAINTENANCE FROM PHOENIX REMOVED AND REPLACED ALL 5 BLADES.  ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND VIBRATION CHECKS WERE COMPLETED.  AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND IS FLYING IN THE SYSTEM.  NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

## Other reports on N650SW (2)

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

- [Accident 20101218054652A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101218054652A), Dec 18, 2010: Boeing 737-3H4 (N650SW), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. On December 18, 2010, southwest airlines (swa) flight 3944 (N650SW) received clearance from phl ramp control 2 for pushback from gate E-11AT 1103 EST. It was…
- [Accident 19990625043779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990625043779A), Jun 25, 1999: Boeing 7373H4 (N650SW), Lafayette, LA, No damage. (-23) On June 25, 1999, at approximately 1945 central daylight time, a Boeing 737-3H4 transport airplane, N650SW, operating as southwest airlines, flight 1257,…

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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