# Incident 20230917012399I: Boeing 737-8, Austin, TX, September 17, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2023, 12:55 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin-Bergstrom International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWAA
- Location: 30.1945° N, 97.6699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUSTIN-BERGSTROM INTL (AUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1945&lon=-97.6699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8705Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8705Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-8 (registry code 13844FZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International LEAP-1B28 series (registry code 13120, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-leap-1b28-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-8
- Reported engine: CFM INTL LEAP-1B28 SER
- 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/20230917012399I

## Narrative

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

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

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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