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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 737-8 · San Francisco, CA · June 2, 2025

Date
June 2, 2025 · 21:57 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
San Francisco International
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
CALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N37324
Reported as
Boeing 737-8
Reported engine
CFM International LEAP-1B28 series
People aboard
84
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
135 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 6/2/2025, privacy data omitted operating as privacy data omitted, San Francisco International Airport (sfo) - indianapolis international airport (ind) encountered a flock of birds during take-off. Seeing no engine or flight performance issues, the flight crew elected to continue to ind. Upon arriving, the flight crew observed damage to the RH leading edge, slat 5. The slat was punctured along with the associated bleed air tubing. No emergency was declared and the flight landed safely. No injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

ON 6/2/2025, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPERATING AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SFO) - INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IND) ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF BIRDS DURING TAKE-OFF. SEEING NO ENGINE OR FLIGHT PERFORMANCE ISSUES, THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO IND. UPON ARRIVING, THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE RH LEADING EDGE, SLAT 5. THE SLAT WAS PUNCTURED ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED BLEED AIR TUBING. NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.