Service difficulty report · Structure · Boeing 737322

Difficulty date
August 15, 2005
Submitted
August 23, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N378UA
Make and model
Boeing 737322
Aircraft serial
24653
Aircraft time
44,753 hours, 30,937 cycles
Engine
Ge CFM56*
Part
Structure
Condition
Bird Strike
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

BIRD STRIKE AROUND THE RADOME, VERY LOUD, ALSO, ODOR IN COCKPIT. ON CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERD A BIRDSTRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO FIELD AND MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A BID STRIKE INSPECTION PER AMM. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF BIRD INGESTION IN THE NR 1 ENG HOWEVER THERE WERE NO DAMAGE TO THE BLADES OR VANES. THEY CLEANED OUT THE DEBRIS. THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE AREAS ON THE RADOME THAT WAS DAMAGE. AN INTERIM REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE RADOME WAS REPLACED 4 DAYS LATER.