# Incident 20180906013199I: Airbus Industrie A320-232, Los Angeles, CA, September 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2018, 10:50 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455UA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N455UA) (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: 124
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180906013199I

## Narrative

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

SEPTEMBER 06, 2018 UNITED AIRLINES (UAL) FLIGHT 708 DEPARTED RUNWAY 24L AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAX) AT 1251 PST.  KESTREL HAWK HIT NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. NO DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED AFTER INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT.

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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