# Incident 20181211023429I: Airbus A-340, Houston, TX, December 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: George Bush Intercontinental
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: CNFF
- Location: 29.9844° N, 95.3414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9844&lon=-95.3414&mi=10
- Aircraft: F-GLZJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A-340
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-5C4/1
- 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/20181211023429I

## Narrative

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

THE LISTED AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 13:40 L @ GATE D-4 AND THE INSPECTOR WAS NOTIFIED AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00 BY GROUND MANAGEMENT OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED BY THE VEHICLE. DAMAGE WAS A RESULT FROM INTERCEPTING A FLOCK OF BIRDS DURING APPROACH IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

1. RH INBOARD LEADING EDGE SLAT DENTED AT AN RIB AND JUST INBOARD OF THAT SLAT RIB. DENT IS APPROX. 5 INCH CIRCUMFERENCE, .80 INCHES DEEP WITH ONE MISSING RIVET HEAD AND NO VISUAL CRACKS SEEN.

2. MULTIPLE AREAS OF IMPACT LOCATIONS ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT LOWER FUSELAGE, LOWER WING SURFACES AND ENGINE PYLONS. NO APPARENT VISUAL DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE.

3. NR. 2 LH SLAT OUTBOARD TRACK ATTACHMENT POINT FAIRING PANEL DAMAGED. NO APPARENT VISUAL DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING STRUCTURE. ITEM IS FORWARD OF LOWER WING PANEL NR. 522LB.

4. RH PITOT TUBE STRUCK WITH NO APPARENT VISUAL DAMAGE.

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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