# Incident 20180110000599I: Airbus Industrie A320-232, San Francisco, CA, January 10, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2018, 08:39 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: San Francisco International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 37.6188° N, 122.3754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN FRANCISCO INTL (SFO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6188&lon=-122.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N487UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N487UA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A320-232 (registry code 3930326, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a320-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE V2500SERIES (registry code 34601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2500series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-232
- Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180110000599I

## Narrative

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

N487UA (4287) AN A320-232, UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT #770 FROM LSV TO SFO RECEIVED A BIRD STRIKE ON THE RIGHT INBOARD FLAP LEADING EDGE. AIRCRAFT REMOVED FROM SERVICE.

FLAP REMOVED AND REPLACED AT SFO.

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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