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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Airbus S A S A321-271NX · Houston, TX · July 28, 2026

Date: July 28, 2026 · 18:21 local
Place: Houston, TX
Airport: George Bush Intcntl/Houston
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: CALA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N14544
Reported as: Airbus S A S A321-271NX
People aboard: 171
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,601 total

N14544Registered now · Airbus S A S A321-271NXS/N 12671 · Built 2025 Airframe modelAirbus S A S A321-271NX Engine modelIAE PW1133G-JMTurbo-fan

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.

After departure from mmun, airport operations personnel advised ATC FOD was found on aircraft movement areas. The crew was notified and subsequently declared an emergency, diverted to and landed in iah safely at 2205Z. Inspection from airport operations did confirm that one of the left mains was missing tread. Aircraft was tugged to gate. Damage was found to engine fan blades, E1 acoustic panel aft of fan blades, and abradable shroud. Number one engine change was required.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DEPARTURE FROM MMUN, AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ADVISED ATC FOD WAS FOUND ON AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT AREAS. THE CREW WAS NOTIFIED AND SUBSEQUENTLY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, DIVERTED TO AND LANDED IN IAH SAFELY AT 2205Z. INSPECTION FROM AIRPORT OPERATIONS DID CONFIRM THAT ONE OF THE LEFT MAINS WAS MISSING TREAD. AIRCRAFT WAS TUGGED TO GATE. DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO ENGINE FAN BLADES, E1 ACOUSTIC PANEL AFT OF FAN BLADES, AND ABRADABLE SHROUD. NUMBER ONE ENGINE CHANGE WAS REQUIRED.