# Incident 20120822020209I: Airbus A300 F4-622R, Louisville, KY, August 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2012, 01:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville International-Standiford Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N147UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N147UP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A300 F4-622R (registry code 3940003, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a300-f4-622r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW4158 (registry code 52061, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4158) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300 F4-622R
- Reported engine: P & W PW4158
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120822020209I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON DESCENT AT APPROXIMATELY 7000' MSL, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE AT THE RADOME. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED AND LOGBOOK ENTRY WAS MADE BY UPS MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. REF. 921723.  BIRD STRIKE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. DAMAGE TO THE RADOME AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE DAMAGE UNDER RADOME WAS IDENTIFIED. ACE 25 MANAGER AND UPS CMO PRINCIPALS WERE ALL NOTIFIED. PICTURES WERE SUBMITTED. INCIDENT CONSIDERED CLOSED. UPS CMO 25 INCIDENT NUMBER ICE2520120003.

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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