- Date
- October 27, 1978
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 15 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9029UBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781027027479I
- Case key
- 138168
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0031 78/10/27 CLEVELAND,OH BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 2115 N9029U PX- 0 0 9 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CLEVELAND,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9029U
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.