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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-8BK · Mendota, MN · September 4, 2011

Date
September 4, 2011 · 13:20 local
Place
Mendota, MN
Airport
Seattle-Tacoma International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SCNA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N814SY
Reported as
Boeing 737-8BK
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

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.

On decent into sea at about 12000 feet the aircraft encounter a bird strike. The pilot did not declare an emergency and the aircraft was vectored for visual approach to 34L. The aircraft landed with out incident and taxed to gate. After landing the pilot reported the aircraft had sustained some damage to the fuselage just below the number one flight deck window. The aircraft was grounded at this time and maintenance was contacted.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECENT INTO SEA AT ABOUT 12000 FEET THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTER A BIRD STRIKE. THE PILOT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED FOR VISUAL APPROACH TO 34L. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT AND TAXED TO GATE.AFTER LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE JUST BELOW THE NUMBER ONE FLIGHT DECK WINDOW. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED AT THIS TIME AND MAINTENANCE WAS CONTACTED.