20241204017449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-436 · Hilo, HI · December 4, 2024

Date
December 4, 2024 · 18:58 local
Place
Hilo, HI
Airport
Hilo International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TSAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N403YK
Reported as
Boeing 737-436
Reported engine
GE CFM56 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total

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.

The aircraft suffered a bird strike from a large owl during the takeoff roll right after 80KTS on runway 08. The crew successfully aborted the takeoff and taxiied back to the ramp. The bird struck only the number one engine and several fan blades were bent. No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A BIRD STRIKE FROM A LARGE OWL DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL RIGHT AFTER 80KTS ON RUNWAY 08. THE CREW SUCCESSFULLY ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND TAXIIED BACK TO THE RAMP. THE BIRD STRUCK ONLY THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE AND SEVERAL FAN BLADES WERE BENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.