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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-205 · Addison, TX · July 5, 2018

Date
July 5, 2018 · 06:45 local
Place
Addison, TX
Airport
Addison Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Part 125 operator
Operator
B60M
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N370BC
Reported as
Boeing 737-205
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D
People aboard
14
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
35,000 total3,000 in this make and model22 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.

On takeoff from Addison Airport, TX , the aircraft encountered small flock of birds after liftoff and injested unknown number of birds into the left engine intake. Engine lost power and crew elected to shutdown the engine and return to Addison Airport. Safe single engine landing make. Damage to left engine compressor blades but engine replacement not required.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF FROM ADDISON AIRPORT, TX , THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SMALL FLOCK OF BIRDS AFTER LIFTOFF AND INJESTED UNKNOWN NUMBER OF BIRDS INTO THE LEFT ENGINE INTAKE. ENGINE LOST POWER AND CREW ELECTED TO SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND RETURN TO ADDISON AIRPORT. SAFE SINGLE ENGINE LANDING MAKE. DAMAGE TO LEFT ENGINE COMPRESSOR BLADES BUT ENGINE REPLACEMENT NOT REQUIRED.