# NTSB DCA10WA071: Boeing 737, Amsterdam Schiphol IAP, Netherlands, June 6, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 6, 2010, 19:42 local (19:42 UTC)
- Place: Amsterdam Schiphol IAP, Netherlands
- Location: 52.3086° N, 4.7639° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (EHAM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=52.3086&lon=4.7639&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 162 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76452
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10WA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76452/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA071

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 6, 2010, a Royal Air Maroc Boeing 737-400 experienced a bird strike during takeoff from Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport (EHAM), Amsterdam, the Netherlands. One engine lost power. The airplane returned to Schiphol and made an uneventful overweight landing on runway 18 left. None of the 156 passengers or 6 flightcrew members were injured. The aircraft registration was CN-RMF and the destination of the flight was to be El Aroui International Airport (GMMW), Nador, Morocco. The incident is being investigated by the Dutch Safety Board.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CN-RMF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (400)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Royal Air Maroc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: EHAM, Amsterdam Schiphol IAP
- Destination: GMMW, Nador
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: EHAM, Amsterdam Schiphol IAP, runway 18L

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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