# Incident 20090915019719I: Emb ERJ170200LR, Nashville, TN, September 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2009, 06:57 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C77A
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606CZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB ERJ170200LR
- Reported engine: GE CF348E5
- People aboard: 66
- 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/20090915019719I

## Narrative

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

ON DEPARTURE FROM BNA, THE CREW NOTICED A VIBRATION AND LOSS OF POWER OF THE #2 ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT ROTATION WITH AN AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 120 KTS.  THEY SUSPECTED THE ABNORMALITY WAS CAUSED BY A BIRD STRIKE, AS BIRDS WERE SEEN DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL.  THEY NOTIFIED ATC, EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR A LOSS OF POWER AND CLIMBED TO 3000 FT.  AFTER LEVEL AT 3000 FT THE VIBRATION INDICATED NORMAL, POWER WAS NORMAL, BUT THE #2 ENGINE T2 HEAT INDICATED FAIL.  THE #2 ENGINE WAS NOT SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BNA AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AFTER LANDING, A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE #2 ENGINE REVEALED THAT TWO FAN BLADES HAD RECEIVED IMPACT DAMAGE AND THE ENGINE INLET SHOWS SIGN OF BLOOD SPLATTER.

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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