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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Airbus Indu A320-212 · Memphis, TN · November 4, 2010

Date
November 4, 2010 · 18:45 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
Memphis International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N339NW
Reported as
Airbus Indu A320-212
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A/c struck large bird of unknown type at approximately 600' AGL during climb. Bird impacted the right engine doing substantial damage to the fan blades.

As the FAA filed it

A/C STRUCK LARGE BIRD OF UNKNOWN TYPE AT APPROXIMATELY 600' AGL DURING CLIMB.BIRD IMPACTED THE RIGHT ENGINE DOING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FAN BLADES.