# Incident 20101101049689I: Boeing 737-4B7, Norfolk, VA, November 1, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2010, 07:30 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N443US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N443US-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-4B7 (registry code 138449C, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-4b7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CFM56 series (registry code 30016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-4B7
- Reported engine: GE CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 145
- 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/20101101049689I

## Narrative

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

#2 ENGINE INGESTED BIRD ON CLIMB AT 1000 FEET.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ORF.  THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE.  DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE COMPRESSOR BLADES.

## Other reports on N443US (1)

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

- [Incident 19910412017529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910412017529I), Apr 12, 1991: Boeing 7374B7 (N443US), Buffalo, NY. Found passenger smoking in the lavatory. Police arrested passenger upon arrival for disorderly conduct.

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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