20111228028339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus Industrie A319-132 · Sacramento, CA · December 28, 2011

Date: December 28, 2011 · 18:30 local
Place: Sacramento, CA
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AWAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N810AW
Reported as: Airbus Industrie A319-132
Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
People aboard: 126
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N810AWRegistered now · Airbus Industrie A319-132S/N 1116 · Built 1999 Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A319-132 Engine modelIAE V2500SERIESTurbo-jet

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.

Us airways flight 335 encountered multiple birdstrikes to number one engine while on approach to Sacramento international airport. The landing was uneventful. A postflight inspection revealed damage to the number one engine inlet cowl at the 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock positions. Us airways will replace the inlet cowl and perform required inspections of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

US AIRWAYS FLIGHT 335 ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE BIRDSTRIKES TO NUMBER ONE ENGINE WHILE ON APPROACH TO SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. A POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE INLET COWL AT THE 12 O'CLOCK AND 3 O'CLOCK POSITIONS. US AIRWAYS WILL REPLACE THE INLET COWL AND PERFORM REQUIRED INSPECTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT.