# Incident 20081025851249I: Doug MD9030, Salt Lake City, UT, October 25, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2008, 10:10 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N904DA-2020-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (registry code 3023690, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-90-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD9030
- People aboard: 155
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,700 total, 2,156 in this make and model, 169 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081025851249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA FLIGHT 1147 ABORTED TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 17 ABEAM TAXIWAY KILO 5.  THE PILOT REPORTED INGESTING A LARGE WHITE BIRD IN THE RIGHT ENGINE AT V 1 SPEED.  AIRPORT MANAGEMENT LATER DETERMINED THE BIRD TO BE A LARGE HAWK WITH A 4 FT + WING SPAN.  THE PILOT REPORTED HEAVY BRAKING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY.   DELTA FLT 1147 EXITED RUNWAY 17 AT THE END AND TAXIED BACK TO THE GATE.

## Other reports on N904DA (1)

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

- [Incident 19990325016639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990325016639I), Mar 25, 1999: Doug MD9030 (N904DA), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. (-5)During landing phase on a wet runway at John Wayne airport, the left side anti-skid apparently failed, causing the left inboard tire to blow out from the…

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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