# Incident 20090731011889I: Emb EMB120, Salt Lake City, UT, July 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2009, 11:46 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- 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: N270YV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- Reported engine: PWA PW118
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20090731011889I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  SKYWEST FLIGHT 7780 DEPARTED SLC.  ON CLIMB OUT THEY STRUCK A LARGE BIRD.  THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO SLC FOR MAINTENANCE TO LOOK AT THE AIRCRAFT.

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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