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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-8Q8 · Minneapolis, MN · April 6, 2013

Date
April 6, 2013 · 09:20 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SCNA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N809SY
Reported as
Boeing 737-8Q8
Reported engine
CFM International CFM56 series
People aboard
88
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
12,800 total5,203 in this make and model206 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.

Aircraft struck 2 or 3 ducks on climb out from msp. Crew did not declare an emergency. Flight returned to msp without any further incident. Number 2 engine was removed and replaced. Leak and ops checks normal.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK 2 OR 3 DUCKS ON CLIMB OUT FROM MSP. CREW DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. FLIGHT RETURNED TO MSP WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. NUMBER 2 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. LEAK AND OPS CHECKS NORMAL.