20181029021109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus Industrie A320-232 · Denver, CO · October 29, 2018

Date: October 29, 2018 · 18:45 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Denver International
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N456UA
Reported as: Airbus Industrie A320-232
Reported engine: IAE V2500SERIES
People aboard: 155
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N456UARegistered now · Airbus Industrie A320-232S/N 1128 · Built 1999 Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A320-232 Engine modelIAE V2500SERIESTurbo-jet

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.

United airlines (ual) aircraft N456UA, an Airbus A320-232, flight 1946, en-route from seattle international airport (sea) to Denver International Airport (den) reported hitting a bird on 2.5 mile final to den on runway 34R. Aircraft landed and taxi'id to gate with no further incident.

Upon inspection, aircraft was taken out of service for damage to left wing #3 leading edge slat.

As the FAA filed it

UNITED AIRLINES (UAL) AIRCRAFT N456UA, AN AIRBUS A320-232, FLIGHT 1946, EN-ROUTE FROM SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SEA) TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DEN) REPORTED HITTING A BIRD ON 2.5 MILE FINAL TO DEN ON RUNWAY 34R. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXI'ID TO GATE WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

UPON INSPECTION, AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING #3 LEADING EDGE SLAT.