# Incident 20220901010159I: Boeing 737-7HJ, San Jose, CA, September 1, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2022, 08:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: 4TXA
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737AT-2024-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-7HJ (registry code 13844FS, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-7hj) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B26 series (registry code 13045, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b26-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-7HJ
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-7B26
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220901010159I

## Narrative

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

ON 30 AUGUST 2022/1915L, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ARRIVED KSJC AND TAXIED TO PARKING, WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL 1 SEPTEMBER 2022.  NO INFLIGHT ISSUES WERE REPORTED TO ATC BY THE FLIGHT CREW.  COMPANY AMTS AND THE FLIGHTCREW PERFORMED A POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, BUT DID NOT REPORT ANY ANOMALIES.  POST-FLIGHT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AT OR NEAR LOCAL SUNSET.  AT 0800 ON 1 SEPTEMBER, DURING FLIGHTCREW WALKAROUND INSPECTION, DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED TO THE LEFT (#1) ENGINE THRUST REVERSER TRANSLATING COWL ON THE INBOARD LOWER SIDE.  DAMAGE CONSISTED OF TWO PARALLEL SLASHES ROUGHLY ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE NACELLE.  THE SLASHES WERE APPROXIMATELY 9 TO 11 INCHES LONG AND APPROX. 6 INCHES APART.  FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED WHAT APPEARED TO BE RUBBER SMEARS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING AFT OF THE ENGINE AND THE INBOARD FLAP TRACK FAIRING ALSO EXHIBITED SCRATCHES.  NO DEBRIS WAS FOUND UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE, NOR WERE ANY OTHER MARKS DISCOVERED.  DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH AN OBJECT - LIKELY A DRONE.  POD STRIKE AND COLLISION WITH GROUND VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED AND EXCLUDED BY THE EVIDENCE.  OPERATIONS AT KSJC, PHOG (THE POINT OF LAST DEPART), AND KBFI (THE 2ND TO LAST DEPARTURE POINT) WERE CONTACTED AND REPORTED NO DEBRIS DISCOVERED DURING RUNWAY SWEEPS.  IT IS NOT KNOWN WHERE THE STRIKE OCCURRED, BUT WAS LIKELY DURING APPROACH TO KSJC.

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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