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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-8 · Austin, TX · September 17, 2023

Date
September 17, 2023 · 12:55 local
Place
Austin, TX
Airport
Austin-Bergstrom International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8705Q
Reported as
Boeing 737-8
Reported engine
CFM International LEAP-1B28 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Pilot of privacy data omitted, stl-aus, reported a bird strike short final RWY36R. Acft landed and taxied to the gate without further incident. Impact damage to radome, and the right-side pitot tube is broken off. Maintenance performed birdstrike inspection on the nose radome per the mm 53-52-01 no damage noted and during the 05-51-18 found the first officer pitot upper tube damaged. Removed and replaced pitot tube per mm 34-11-01 leak and ops checked good

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STL-AUS, REPORTED A BIRD STRIKE SHORT FINAL RWY36R. ACFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. IMPACT DAMAGE TO RADOME, AND THE RIGHT-SIDE PITOT TUBE IS BROKEN OFF. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED BIRDSTRIKE INSPECTION ON THE NOSE RADOME PER THE MM 53-52-01 NO DAMAGE NOTED AND DURING THE 05-51-18 FOUND THE FIRST OFFICER PITOT UPPER TUBE DAMAGED. REMOVED AND REPLACED PITOT TUBE PER MM 34-11-01 LEAK AND OPS CHECKED GOOD