# Accident 20091102022489A: Doug MD9030, Phoenix, AZ, November 2, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2009, 09:01 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.4342° N, 112.0114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4342&lon=-112.0114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N909DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N909DA-2022-12-30) (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: 70
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,178 total, 2,870 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091102022489A

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMB-OUT AT KPHX, AND AT ABOUT 12,000', THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A VERY LARGE BANG AND A POP IN THE PRESSURIZATION.  THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO KPHX, WITH AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FLIGHT RECEIVED MULTIPLE BIRD STRIKES OF WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE WESTERN GREBE, A DUCK OF APPROXIMATELY 3.3 POUNDS.  THE BIRD STRIKES WERE MOST PRONOUNCED JUST ABOVE THE PILOTS FIRST OFFICERS POSITION AND THE WING TO BODY FAIRING JUST UNDER THE RIGHT WING TO BODY AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE OT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN BOTH BIRD STRIKE AREAS.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED NORMALLY AT THE GATE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA044), Nov 2, 2009: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-90-30 (N909DA), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight collision with birds.

## Other reports on N909DA (3)

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

- [Incident 20010518011389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010518011389I), May 18, 2001: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Dal, flight 1144, a MD-90 aircraft, immediately after touchdown on 19R at sna, blew the right outboard MLG tire. The right outboard tire failure was…
- [Incident 20001230026629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001230026629I), Dec 30, 2000: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. (-23) At 08:10 MST on 12/3/00 at slc a dala #1147 MD-90 (N909DL) landed at least 200 feet short of the threshold of rwy 34R during an ILS approach I n low IMC…
- [Incident 19980809036099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980809036099I), Aug 9, 1998: Doug MD9030 (N909DA), Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. (-5) Air carrier dal 1144, MD90, mci-slc. Pilot believed he blew a tire on take off. The pilot declared an emergency and returned to mci. Landed 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.