# Incident 20090707012009I: Boeing 7373H4, Baltimore, MD, July 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2009, 17:27 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore/Washington International Thur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 39.1757° N, 76.6690° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL THURGOOD MARSHALL (BWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1757&lon=-76.6690&mi=10
- Aircraft: N329SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N329SW-2017-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-3H4 (registry code 138447K, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-3h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7373H4
- 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/20090707012009I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  FLT 69 DEPARTED ON RUNWAY #28 @ 1717 HRS AND REPORTED HITTING A SMALL FLOCK OF BIRDS.  THE PILOT REQUESTED TO RETURN TO LAND TOWER WORKED AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARDS AIRPORT, THE PILOT REQUESTED TIME TO SET-UP SO AIRCRAFT WAS SWITCHED TO APPROACH.  FLIGHT 69 LANDED ON RUNWAY 33L, WITHOUT INCIDENT THE PILOT DID NOT REQUIRE ASSISTANCE AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP.  THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE AS FOLLOWS NR 1 ENGINE HAD ONLY 1 BLADE BENT R & R BLADE NR2 ENGINE HAD TO CHANGE OUT COMPLETE FAN SECTION ALSO CHANGED OUT #2 ENGINE GENERATOR DRIVE OIL COOLER.  FOUND DENT IN RIGHT HORIZONTAL LEADING EDGE R & R LEADING EDGE, ALSO C/W BORESCOPE ON BOTH ENGINES AND OVERWEIGHT LANDING INSPECTION.  C/W WITH TRIM RUN AND LEAK CHECKS ON BOTH ENGINES OPS CK GOOD AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N329SW (1)

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

- [Incident 19981101044359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981101044359I), Nov 1, 1998: Boeing 7373H4 (N329SW), Albuquerque, NM. On approach during flap extension-flap one-split flap condition occurred. Flaps retracted with flap handle up. Alternate system procedure used to deploy slaps.…

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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