# Incident 20171204022649I: Airbus Industrie A320-212, Sacramento, CA, December 4, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2017, 06:18 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento International Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 38.6954° N, 121.5908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO INTL (SMF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6954&lon=-121.5908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N360NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-212 (registry code 3930322, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-212
- Reported engine: CFM INTL. CFM56 SERIES
- People aboard: 158
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171204022649I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SMF.  DURING INITIAL CLIMBOUT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF LARGE BIRDS.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE BIRDSTRIKES.  BIRDS HIT BOTH WING LEADING EDGES, THE RIGHT INBOARD FLAP AND THE RADOME.  BIRDS WERE INJESTED INTO BOTH ENGINES BUT APPEAR TO HAVE WENT THROUGH THE FAN BYPASS AND NOT HE CORE ENGINE.  SEVERAL FAN BLADES WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N360NW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040508013569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040508013569I), May 8, 2004: Airbus A320212 (N360NW), Denver, CO. (-23) The captain notified the flight attendant crew approximately one minute prior to encountering code 6 for turbulence. The crew and all passengers were…

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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